Yasei No Kuraki Kishibe / Original Title: WILD DARK SHORE (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Seawater Island is located halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica. A seed vault has been established here to store seeds from around the world in preparation for a global crisis. However, the environment was rapidly deteriorating; sea levels were rising, and the island was beginning to sink into the ocean. The researchers had left the island, and the Salt family father Dominic and his three children were waiting for the last ship to come and take them away. Amidst this, following a violent storm, a woman was washed ashore. The presence of the mysterious woman, Rowan, brings to light the family s long-buried past and hidden truths . A drama unfolding at the edge of the world, set against the backdrop of nature s beauty and cruelty. An outstanding literary mystery from Australia, a finalist for the Edgar Award.

タスマニアと南極の中間に位置するシーアウォーター島。ここには人類の危機に備え、世界中の種子を保管した貯蔵庫が設置されている。しかし環境は急速に悪化、海面が上昇し島は海に沈みつつあった。研究者たちは島を去り、父親ドミニクと三人の子どもたちのソルト一家は最後の船が迎えにくるのを待っていた。そんな中、激しい嵐のあとで一人の女性が海岸に打ち上げられた。謎の女性ローワンの存在が、一家の封印されていた過去と事実を炙り出す―。美しくも残酷な自然と、世界の果てで織りなされるドラマ。豪州発、エドガー賞最終候補の傑作文芸ミステリー。