The Salvage
‘A gothic tale with a powerful sense of place and an eerie atmosphere’ Sunday Times
$59.25
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2026
Summary
‘A gothic tale with a powerful sense of place and an eerie atmosphere’
The Sunday Times, Best New Historical Fiction Picks
‘A heady, entertaining brew…asks questions about guilt, superstition, desire, power, and historical inheritance’
Scotland on Sunday
It is 1962, and Marta Khoury, a trail-blazing marine archaeologist, has travelled to Cairnroch, a small island off the east coast of Scotland. An Arctic shipwreck containing th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399806633 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399806637 |
| Author: | Anbara Salam |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Baskerville |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 551g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 142mm x 44mm |
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Critics Review
A gothic tale with a powerful sense of place and an eerie atmosphere. * The Sunday Times, Best New Historical Fiction Round-up *A heady, entertaining brew… asks questions about guilt, superstition, desire, power, and historical inheritance. * Scotland on Sunday *With her signature wit and unflinching eye for historical detail Anbara Salam brings a remote Scottish island chillingly to life. The Salvage plumbs the icy depths of memory and colonialism and explores whether love can survive in the frostiest of outposts – Francine Toon, bestselling author of PINE and BLUFF
A rich, gothic mystery, The Salvage has a moody, salt-drenched atmosphere, and layers of intrigue that span centuries. I couldn’t put it down
– Flynn Berry, New York Times bestselling author of A DOUBLE LIFEAn atmospheric gothic … a driven heroine … An unusual and gripping read * Historical Novels Society *As chilly as the icy sea, as haunting as the prospects of ghosts, The Salvage is a novel to keep you up all night. Anbara Salam is a master of suspense. Be careful when you start this book, because you won’t want to stop – Rene Denfeld, bestselling author of THE CHILD FINDER and the forthcoming THE TALKING BONEAn immersive Gothic ambience and a sense of bitter cold so vivid that we can feel it chill our own bones as we read * The Herald *Strong on atmosphere, sustaining a mood of sombre, oppressive suspense which is highly effective … Salam scores highly for conjuring up an immersive Gothic ambience and a sense of bitter cold so vivid that we can feel it chill our own bones as we read – Scottish HeraldAbout The Author
Anbara Salam
Anbara Salam is the Palestinian-Scottish author of Things Bright and Beautiful and Belladonna. Her novel Hazardous Spirits was shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at Scotland’s National Book Awards. She has a PhD in Theology and now lives in Oxford.
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