Constable David Maratse debuted in The Ice Star, rocked the Scandinavian (Amazon) charts in Seven Graves, One Winter, but I really got to know him through his early adventures as a Police Constable in Greenland. Compared to Jack London stories by one Goodreads reader, Maratse’s short stories include themes that are current and relevant in Greenland, and are drawn from my own experiences when I lived and worked in remote towns, villages and settlements on the west coast and in the far north of Greenland.
These are very personal stories. They are fiction, but there is a lot of truth between the pages; some of it is difficult to think about, but important to remember. I used to blog (private for family only) about my time in Greenland – the good, the bad, and the out-of-this-world-once-in-a-million experiences. Shoveling my own experiences into Maratse’s past brings Greenland that bit closer, and allows me to explore the country, and revisit the people that shaped me during a very intense seven years.
At the same time, they are tons of fun to write, and I am very fond of Constable David Maratse. So, I am excited to say that there will be more short stories set in Greenland coming next year, 2019.
Here’s the reading order if you, like certain members of my family, are losing track:
- Katabatic
- Container
- Tupilaq
- The Last Flight
- The Heart that was a Wild Garden
- Qivittoq (2019)
- The Thunder Spirits (2019)
- Iluliaq (2019)
followed by the novels
- Seven Graves, One Winter
- Blood Floe
- We Shall Be Monsters
- Untitled WIP
- Untitled WIP
- Untitled WIP
