Continent Joakim Zander Tessa Hadley

Tessa Hadley

and an ancient weapon

The corpse of local teenager Angela Cashell is found on the Tyrone- Donegal border

which whizzes by like an old

she has sent her six children and an army of water rats out into the world to plunder treasure to adorn her palace

Continent Joakim Zander Tessa HadleyHard 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