Nile Nightingale, a troubled man in search of refuge, arrives in the Laurentian mountains of Quebec: a remote land home to rare wildlife and a violent hunting community. He soon finds haven, in the form of a run-down country church for sale.
Until, that is, he stumbles upon something in its snow-covered graveyard. A bloody sack, tied with Christmas ribbon.
Inside, slashed and beaten, is fourteen-year-old Céleste Jonquères, whose recent testimony has put the hunters’ leader, a man who’s killed more animals than a hundred winters, behind bars.
What follows is a darkly comic tale, in which the very urban Nile and the country-smart Céleste teach each other about life and death, love and loss. Inspired by true events, The Extinction Club is a powerful portrayal of wildlife plunder and those who dare to oppose it.
Until, that is, he stumbles upon something in its snow-covered graveyard. A bloody sack, tied with Christmas ribbon.
Inside, slashed and beaten, is fourteen-year-old Céleste Jonquères, whose recent testimony has put the hunters’ leader, a man who’s killed more animals than a hundred winters, behind bars.
What follows is a darkly comic tale, in which the very urban Nile and the country-smart Céleste teach each other about life and death, love and loss. Inspired by true events, The Extinction Club is a powerful portrayal of wildlife plunder and those who dare to oppose it.
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'Chilling and horrifying, this is a novel to make you question the good in humanity' Buzz.
'The Extinction Club is a tour de force, as sophisticated as it is brutal' Heather O'Neill, author of Lullabies for Little Criminals.