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In the Arctic Sun Kindle Edition

by Rowan Hill (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The trees of Alaska’s Arctic wilderness have always been Sarah’s sentries and her house, a fortress, isolated from society and an abusive marriage.

Until it isn’t.

The arrival of a new neighbor and an oil company drilling through primordial, cold earth changes the forest of her valley. It bleeds through the serenity and disrupts her home, her sanity. Plagued with insomnia from the midnight sun, Sarah increasingly suspects something is using her sanctuary to hide from the bright, incessant light. An insidious menace, ancient and beyond explanation, using the wilderness for cover. Her personal demon that cares nothing for Sarah or her mental health. Something that won’t stop until it takes it all.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09SBNQRT2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ D&T Publishing LLC (February 25, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 25, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Rowan Hill is an international author and lover of Science Fiction, Horror and anything else that can get your pulse racing. She enjoys hiking and going to far off lands.

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  • Brian Bowyer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, Thrilling, and Intense!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2022
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    Hill's debut, In the Arctic Sun, is a suspenseful, well-crafted story filled with dread, atmosphere, and isolation. This one's a blast from the first page to the last, and I'll read anything by Hill in the future. Highly recommended!
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  • Justin Lewis
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sun-soaked thrill of a debut novella!!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2022
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    You know how you feel after not getting any sleep and it gets worse the longer you go? Everyday things become distorted and ill-defined. Even in the daylight, your world becomes hazy and obscured. Welcome to Alaska where the sun doesn’t go down for almost three months. Add marital issues and construction noise in an otherwise quiet valley, and you’re not sleeping at all.

    Then there’s the strange sounds Sarah keeps hearing. And the incident at the construction site. This once tranquil sanctuary is becoming a place she might not escape from.

    I’m not going to say much because with novellas, saying a little is saying a lot. Rowan Hill paints a portrait of isolation and insomnia that kept me anxiously tuning pages until the end. Then once you get there, you immediately want to talk to someone about it- so read this so I can talk to you about it! Hill totally killed it in her debut(!) novella, but this is so polished you’d never know this is her first foray into longer fiction. More please!

    *I was sent a ebook ARC in exchange for an honest review, but I also purchased a copy.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Black Hole Sun
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2022
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    A well-written debut novella drenched in both sunlight and darkness. Breathe in the fresh Alaskan wilderness...damn, this one was good.
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  • Nathan D. Ludwig
    5.0 out of 5 stars Who Can It Be Now?
    Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2022
    Do you like stories about isolation? How about paranoia? What about creature features?
    Maybe all three? Well you're in luck. It's like Insomnia and The Thing had a wild night out together and made a book baby. A wonderfully creepy, sad, and propulsive book baby.

    Rowan Hill outdoes herself and it's only her first book! How is that even possible? If you read it, you'll know exactly what I mean. Confident, assured prose and a measured, meticulous pacing that makes you feel you're in the hands of an old pro. Future works from Hill are eagerly anticipated here in this dojo.

    Former attorney Sarah moved to Alaska about three years ago with her husband Ted. The summers up there are brutal in that the sun never sets. Ever. Up is down and down is up when you can't get a proper sleep cycle going. Wine and Ambien cocktails sometimes do the trick. It also doesn't help that Sarah and Ted are taking a break from their marriage because of, well... reasons. Cue Sarah's handsome new neighbor. The only neighbor for miles and miles. What's he up to out here, alone? Oh yeah, and a faceless corporation is drilling for oil in the valley below, disturbing all kinds of stuff. And things. The dense forest below her house is the only source of darkness in the area. A great place for disturbed things to hide.

    Or is it? What's really going on? How sane can you stay when time has no meaning anymore?

    You'll want to read this whole story in one sitting, which is not hard to do, but that's the treat about good novellas. They feel like movies unfolding in the proper, precise amount of time necessary. If you grew up on isolation horror and creature features like I did (and still do) you'll eat this one up lickety-split. Writer Rowan Hill knows what she's doing and the mind reels at future stories that will spring forth from her creativity.
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  • Diana79
    4.0 out of 5 stars This book was intense!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2022
    After some marital issues Sarah finds herself alone while her and Ted take a few weeks apart. During this time Sarah begins to hear and see things. A local trooper mentions her mental health when she calls him for help. In the meantime, things continue to spiral out of control.

    This book was intense! Things start off a bit slow (not in a bad way) it really pulls you into the story. We get to know Sarah pretty well or so we think… then BAM you will be questioning everything. Is this real? Are these hallucinations? Hill does an excellent job playing with your emotions throughout the book. Very suspenseful read that will leave you wanting more and questioning everything.
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  • Donna L
    4.0 out of 5 stars A great creature feature!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2022
    The beginning of this book was slow for me, but I kept reading and it turned into a wonderful creature feature. I loved how you really didn't know what was going to happen. Would it simply be a matter of Sarah's schizophrenia causing her to see and hear things? Was it Bigfoot? Or something else?
    I really thought this was going to be a Bigfoot story, but the creature turned out to be something that is made of nightmares. In the end I couldn't help but feel sorry for Sarah.
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  • Dakota Dawe
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Story That Will Give You Chills, Even in the Light
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2022
    After a fight ends physically, Sarah and her husband Ted separate for a few weeks to recollect themselves and figure out what comes next in their marriage. Left alone, Sarah begins hearing and seeing things around the house and surrounding woods after an accident at a nearby mining site. As signs of life reveal themselves in her home, Sarah’s mental health comes into question, making us question what’s real and what’s being fabricated by Sarah’s deteriorating mind.

    Hill’s debut is a brewing storm, each page inching closer to that biblical level downpour, petrichor emanating from the Alaskan soil. The tension is like the metallic taste lightning leaves in your mouth just before it strikes, or how your hair stands on end before the strike. You know something is coming, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.
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  • Dave Musson
    4.0 out of 5 stars Never has daylight seemed so dark
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 4, 2022
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    “Light only had meaning with dark to punctuate it.”

    I first came across Rowan Hill’s writing in DarkLit’s Beach Bodies anthology, where her entry was my favourite of the entire collection. I didn’t waste any time jumping into this novella to spend more time with her writing and I was not disappointed. This story is really well-crafted; right from the start, there is a sense of unease. The story’s background of permanent daylight (hey, we’re in Alaska in the summer, right?) and the throb of heavy machinery offers a looming threat that you just can’t quite shake, as you sit with Sarah and try to work out what on earth is going. And then, just as you become lulled by the slow-burn, the final quarter goes WILD in the best kind of way. Great characters, great story, some nice twists and a truckload of potential for even better to come - this is impressive!
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  • Livvy51
    3.0 out of 5 stars OK
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2024
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    Enjoyed the book, hated the ending.
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  • Stephen Howard
    4.0 out of 5 stars A classic horror story with a twist
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 17, 2022
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    In the Arctic Sun does a great job in hitting a lot of familiar horror beats, all the while offering a little element of difference or a new spin on them. There’s a definite influence of The Thing and The Descent in here, so fans of those films will especially enjoy this novella.

    The journey the central character undergoes is frantic and fraught, and Rowan Hill does a great job in showing us how strength, weakness, illness, and anger look in an isolated setting.

    And a final note on that setting: it’s perfect for this story. The setting feeds into the story and the story bleeds into the setting. While perhaps some of the description could have been dialled back a smidgeon (personal preference perhaps?), it is still a great strength of this novella and the bright, bleak sun of Alaska shines through.

    Big recommendation here.
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