A world
Frozen in time
It is 1941 and no one is safe from the currents that war stirs. Eager to continue her turtle research despite the war, Canadian biologist Ardis Lowney agrees to extraordinary conditions that take her to Lisbon and to Portugal’s southern coast.
Her mission to study sea turtles is quickly overshadowed by a world of deception and moral ambiguity.
This is Breath of the Adamastor, a sweeping tale of intrigue and unlikely friendships that will immerse you in the world during that critical time.
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For readers who like historical intrigue & morally complicated characters
Suzanne Paleczny, the artist from Whitehorse who created the new cover, described Breath of the Adamastor as “a wonderful tale of historical fiction.”
“The overall effect is excellent” wrote Mark Skalin of Oshawa.
Matthew Hurst of Barrie summed it up as “more Graham Greene than James Bond, but more charm and warmth than either of them.”
Breath of the Adamastor
WWII
Portugal
Espionage
Sea turtles
What sets this story apart?
A WWII novel without a battlefield
A spy story set in neutral Portugal
A marine biologist caught between science and espionage
A story about refugees, ambiguity, love and survival
This richly-textured, historically-accurate adventure illuminates a lesser-known front of the Second World War: Portugal’s precarious neutrality and its shadow world of spies, refugees, and religious tensions.
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