On Earth As It Is Beneath sea turtle This is the story of

This is the story of a Scottish glen and its inhabitants

we shouldn’t be done with them yet” Nicholas Lezard Guardian “Valiant and readable … clearly and concisely written” Independent

he has since lived in a netherworld of historical neglect

A favourite book of Christina Ertl-Shirley

On Earth As It Is Beneath sea turtle This is the story ofTranslated by Padma Viswanathan INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED 2026 On land where enslaved people were once tortured and murdered, the state built a penal colony in the wilderness, where inmates could be rehabilitated, but never escape. Now, decades later, and having only succeeded in trapping men, not changing them for the better, its operations are winding down. But in the prisons waning days, a new horror is unleashed: every full moon