Midge Raymond Books in Order

These stories follow travelers whose encounters far from home unsettle their understanding of themselves. From Antarctica to the South Pacific, journeys undertaken for work, escape or obligation reveal the complicated connections between place, belonging and personal identity.

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Antarctic researcher Deb Gardner looks forward to seasonal reunions with Keller Sullivan, but their fragile relationship faces a crisis when a tourist ship sends a distress call. The unfolding rescue forces Deb to confront deeply personal stakes.

Naturalist Kerry leads six visitors on a wilderness tour of an island sheltering endangered Tasmanian devils. A disappearance and a death expose concealed connections among the guests, while worsening weather traps the group with a possible killer.

Returning to the Galápagos for a penguin conservation project, Mallory discovers journals left by Dore Strauch, who settled there in 1929. Their parallel stories reveal the secrets, troubled relationships and dangerous hopes carried into apparent island refuges.