Continent Bill Naughton and the choices we must

and the choices we must also make alone

Now his partner Detective Lok has come to his deathbed for help with one final case

easy-going Benedict Juliard and his father enter into a pact that neither of them will commit any act that could destroy the father's career

The year is 1643

Continent Bill Naughton and the choices we mustHard and actual in observation, clearly and richly imagined, remarkably original Guardian A novel in seven stories, Continent is an exploration of the cultures, communities and natural life of an entirely imaginary realm. Built on rich seams of myth and metaphor, this new, seventh continent is strange, atmospheric and yet not wholly a mirage, for its inhabitants are disarmingly familiar, known to us through their loves, their hopes and their struggles