In a lonely valley, deep in the mountains, a ranger watches over the last surviving grizzly bear. In a lonely valley, deep in the mountains, a ranger watches over the last surviving grizzly bear. With the natural world exhausted and in tatters, Ben has dedicated himself to protecting this single fragment of the wild. One night, he hears voices in the valley – poachers, come to hunt his bear. A heart-pounding chase begins, crossing forests and mountainsides, passing centuries of human ruins. Sometimes hunter, sometimes prey – Ben must choose the bear’s fate and his own. Is he willing to lay down his life for a dying breed? Is he willing to kill for it? Praise for FISHBOWL: ‘An irrepressible novel’ – Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of THE LEFTOVERS ‘Brilliant’ – SUN ‘Amazing’ – COSMOPOLITAN ‘Refreshingly original’ – HEAT Bradley Somer holds degrees in Archaeology and Anthropology. He is the author of IMPERFECTIONS (Nightwood Editions, 2012) and FISHBOWL (St. Martin’s Press, 2015), which was published in over fifteen countries and in several language translations. – A near-future thriller showing the future of our environment if climate change is left unchecked – Follows a breakneck chase through epic wilderness landscapes – Deeply considered and beautifully written – Somer is an archaeologist and anthropologist, with deep experience of the wilds he writes about Competition: inland;leave;the;world;behind;tiger’s;wife;lonesome;dove;hunger;revenant;blood;meridian;road;pine;stand;institute;station;eleven. emily;st;tea;obreht;larry;mcmurtry;alma;katsu;john;larison;michael;punke;connolly;francine;toon;stephen;king;rumaan;alam;robert;macfarlane;mandel;cormac;mccarthy
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