Cole Winters
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Ebook, paperback and hardcover 17 September · Audiobook 21 October
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Antarctica has been sealed since 1959.
The reason is buried in the ice.
For readers of Blake Crouch and Dan Brown, a glacial, ticking clock thriller about the oldest secret on the planet.
Copy editing is complete. The ebook is available to pre-order now. Advance reader copies are open for request, with copies going out from late August. Paperback and hardcover pre-orders open late August. Launch is 17 September 2026. Audiobook advance copies start late September. The audiobook launches 21 October 2026.
Leo Vasquez came to the bottom of the world chasing a flaw in a satellite image, a smudge of ice that refuses to behave, in a place his dead mother spent her life mapping. Maya has lived on the ice her whole life, and she knows better than anyone what it does to people who don't respect it.
When the ground opens beneath them, the two of them fall into something that was never meant to be found, proof that the most closed-off place on Earth has been kept that way on purpose, and that the people who sealed it knew exactly what they were hiding.
Now the truth is climbing toward the surface with them. And far above, the men who have spent decades keeping it buried have realised the ice has finally let someone in.
Some discoveries don't rewrite history.
They rewrite where we came from.
In 1959, twelve nations signed the Antarctic Treaty. It demilitarised an entire continent, banned nuclear testing, and froze every territorial claim on the map. It still holds today.
Resource extraction was not mentioned once. The delegates left it out deliberately, for fear that raising it would collapse the whole agreement.
The official record says it was for peace.
The Last Latitude asks what else it might have been for.
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“Rooted in actual occurrences and places.”
– Rich of CymruBoyosBookBlog
“At its best when the strange mystery is connected to very human things: loss, loyalty, courage, memory, and the fear of being left behind.”
– Rev. Charles Rushing
“Stayed up to finish. Could not put it down.”
– Rich of CymruBoyosBookBlog
“Antarctica was not merely a setting but part of the mystery itself.”
– Rev. Charles Rushing
“There are a few books that I could say I didn’t want to put down. This is one of those.”
– Steve Rufle
“I love the movie The Thing, and the setting gave me those vibes.”
– Carl King
“Antarctica as a place that remembers what people forget.”
– Rev. Charles Rushing
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Yes. Audiobook advance copies will be available late September. The audiobook edition launches on 21 October 2026, available on Audible, Apple Books, Spotify, Kobo, and through library services. Sign up to the newsletter to hear when it goes live.
The ebook is available to pre-order now. Paperback and hardcover pre-orders open in late August, and the book launches on 17 September 2026. You can also add it on Goodreads to follow along.
Reviewers and bookstagram creators can request an advance copy now. Print and ebook copies go out from late August 2026. Audiobook advance copies will be available late September.
Advance copies go out to reviewers and creators who would like one. Reviews are welcome but not required. Whatever you think of the book is yours to say, and a negative review is a real review. If you do post, please use Goodreads as soon as you finish. Amazon does not accept reviews on pre-orders, so Amazon reviews can only go up from 17 September, when the book is live.
New beta applications are closed. Feedback is still welcome by email or through the contact form. Reviewers and creators can request an advance copy via the ARC form.
