A nineteenth-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp, and highly original, incredibly gripping tale. Behold the man: stinking, drunk, brutal. Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaler bound for the rich hunting waters of the arctic circle.

A nineteenth-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp, and highly original, incredibly gripping tale. Behold the man: stinking, drunk, brutal. Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaler bound for the rich hunting waters of the arctic circle.