About the Book: Set in a future where rising seas have submerged much of the UK, Tom Metcalfe, a scholar on the remaining islands, uncovers a clue to a lost great poem from 2014. As he digs deeper into this literary mystery, he unravels a tale of forbidden love and a brutal crime that shatters his understanding of the past. This atmospheric dystopian novel weaves themes of environmental collapse, lost history, and human resilience.