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Wild Dark Shore
Dominic Salt and his children Raff, Fen, and Orly are the last caretakers of Shearwater Island, a storm-cut rock near Antarctica that holds a global seed vault. Researchers have already left; the sea is coming for the buildings, the beaches, and the seeds. Then a woman named Rowan washes ashore, half-drowned, and the family's careful isolation starts to crack. McConaghy's 2025 novel is a climate-haunted mystery about grief, ferocious love, and the impossible work of choosing what to save.
“But here is the nature of life. That we must love things with our whole selves, knowing they will die.”
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Plan your meeting
Wild Dark Shore This or That
Answer in under three seconds. No wrong answers — only revealing ones.
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Rapid fire (60 seconds)
Read these aloud as fast as the group can shout answers.
- 1. Lighthouse bunk or Boathouse cot?
- 2. Hot chocolate in a storm or Black coffee at dawn?
- 3. Violin or Hydrophone?
- 4. Seed jar on the table or Smooth black stone from the shore?
- 5. Seal colony at dusk or Whale blow at dawn?
- 6. Punching bag or Long swim?
- 7. Dandelion or Wollemi pine?
- 8. Kelp forest or Black cliffs?
- 9. Repair the turbine or Bake a huge meal?
- 10. Six weeks of silence or One honest radio call?