The Far Blue: A Novel
Apr 2027 · Knopf
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The bestselling author of The Dog Stars returns with a rich and lyrical novel of one man’s resilience against the ocean’s ferocious power as a husband finds himself swept out to sea off the coast of Maine.
“Get off the island. This is a bad one.” When Jordi Stohlquist’s phone rings in the pre-dawn hours, the ocean looks calm and glassy as a postcard. His cottage, a cabin perched above the sea, is stout as a lighthouse on a promontory, and Jordi finds it hard to believe that some bad weather could destroy what nearly two centuries of Nor’easters could not. Still, Jordi wakes his wife, Jin, and drives her and their big dog, Mancha, down to the ferry. He kisses her on the pier and assures her that he’ll be fine, and he returns to stormproof the cottage they bought a mere four months ago.
But as the swells begin to roll in—eight feet, now ten—whitecaps spuming off the tops, waves exploding against the rocks, a truck skids up to the cottage. In a shocking act of self-defense, Jordi is cast into the open ocean, and what follows, at sea, on a strange island, amid the wreckage of a ship, and deep in his own heart, is a wonderous story of a man bravely and desperately seeking home.
“Get off the island. This is a bad one.” When Jordi Stohlquist’s phone rings in the pre-dawn hours, the ocean looks calm and glassy as a postcard. His cottage, a cabin perched above the sea, is stout as a lighthouse on a promontory, and Jordi finds it hard to believe that some bad weather could destroy what nearly two centuries of Nor’easters could not. Still, Jordi wakes his wife, Jin, and drives her and their big dog, Mancha, down to the ferry. He kisses her on the pier and assures her that he’ll be fine, and he returns to stormproof the cottage they bought a mere four months ago.
But as the swells begin to roll in—eight feet, now ten—whitecaps spuming off the tops, waves exploding against the rocks, a truck skids up to the cottage. In a shocking act of self-defense, Jordi is cast into the open ocean, and what follows, at sea, on a strange island, amid the wreckage of a ship, and deep in his own heart, is a wonderous story of a man bravely and desperately seeking home.
The bestselling author of The Dog Stars returns with a rich and lyrical novel of one man’s resilience against the ocean’s ferocious power as a husband finds himself swept out to sea off the coast of Maine.
“Get off the island. This is a bad one.” When Jordi Stohlquist’s phone rings in the pre-da...
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About the author
PETER HELLER is the national bestselling author of The Orchard, Burn, The Last Ranger, The Guide, The River, Celine, The Painter, and The Dog Stars. The Painter was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and won the prestigious Reading the West Book Award, and The Dog Stars has been published in twenty-six languages to date. Heller is also the author of four nonfiction books, including Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave, which was awarded the National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Literature. He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in poetry and fiction, and he lives in Denver, Colorado.
PETER HELLER is the national bestselling author of The Orchard, Burn, The Last Ranger, The Guide, The River, Celine, The Painter, and The Dog Stars. The Painter was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and won the prestigious Reading the West Book Award, and The Dog Stars has been publ...
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