Cole Winters
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Out now in ebook, paperback and hardcover · Audiobook later this year
Antarctica has been set aside by international agreement 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 buried on the planet.
It's out. Paperback, hardcover and ebook went live in fifteen markets on the same day, which for a book without a publisher behind it took some doing. Print from Amazon, Waterstones, Hatchards and Foyles. An audiobook follows later this year, and the ebook reaches other stores in December.
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 mother spent her life mapping before her death.
He is not alone. Five others have been thrown together with him at the edge of the map, and what they find beneath the ice was never meant to be found: proof that the emptiest place on Earth has been kept empty on purpose, and that the people who kept it that way 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.
Advance readers received free copies. Their opinions are their own.
“I’m not sure I’ve ever read a book quite like this before.”
– Donna Morfett, Author
“If thrillers are your usual genre, you need to read it. If this is outside of your usual genre, still read it.”
– Leigh, two-time Readers’ Choice Award winner
“A gripping and atmospheric thriller that hooked me from the beginning.”
– Jamie O’Leary, Advance Reader
“This book not only feels like it could have been traditionally published but I’d argue that it should be.”
– Jennifer Hecht, Electric Bookaloo
“It’s about obsession and not just trusting your instincts but trusting that science and numbers don’t lie. People do.”
– Bailey, Early Reader
“This is one of the better debut novels I have read. In my top 10 debut novels for certain.”
– Steven R. McEvoy, Book Reviews and More
“His world and character building are top tier.”
– Leigh, two-time Readers’ Choice Award winner
“I really felt the cold oppressive whiteness, the vast landscape and the never ending daylight.”
– Donna Morfett, Author
“There was always another question waiting around the corner.”
– Aster Saunders, Writer
“In this story Antarctica is more than a setting, it’s another principal character that dominates and drives the events totally.”
– Rich of CymruBoyosBookBlog
“The kind of book that makes you realize, somewhere near the end, that you were asking the wrong question the entire time.”
– Jennifer Denise, Early Reader
“The complexity of the plot is unbelievable, without being impenetrable.”
– Chiara Cooper, Early Reader
“Antarctica felt so isolated and completely cut off from the rest of the world, and I could really feel that claustrophobic atmosphere while reading.”
– Kim Griffiths, Early Reader
“I was completely transported to Antarctica. I could feel the cold, the wind, the silence.”
– Matilde Torterolo, Early Reader
“There were points where my heart was thumping in my chest.”
– Rachel, Early Reader
“This is absolutely the best book I have read in a long time.”
– Annette Cosgrove, Early Reader
“By Chapter 2, I couldn’t put it down.”
– Shas V., Early Reader
The ebook is available on Amazon, and on Kindle Unlimited. Other ebook stores follow in December 2026. Paperback and hardcover available now. Print from Amazon, Waterstones, Hatchards and Foyles. An audiobook follows later this year. The advance reader round is closed. The easiest way to follow along is to add The Last Latitude on Goodreads. If you would like a few letters along the way, you can subscribe for progress too.
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The book is fiction, but its historical foundation is real and checkable, including the 1959 Antarctic Treaty and Operation Highjump. The central conspiracy and characters are fictional.
The ebook is available on Amazon, and on Kindle Unlimited. Other ebook stores follow in December 2026. Paperback and hardcover available now. Print is available from Amazon, Waterstones, Hatchards and Foyles. Signed copies are available direct from the author. You can also add it on Goodreads to follow along.
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