About the book: AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, CAN JUSTICE STILL BE FOUND?
After a botched high-profile murder investigation, Corporal Elderick Cole is exiled to the remote, rugged landscape of Nunavut, a vast territory in the Arctic Circle known for its untamed beauty, frigid temperatures, and endless winter nights.
With his family having severed all ties, Cole waits out the result of a civil lawsuit alone - the wrong verdict could end what is left of his flailing career.
His bleak existence takes a sinister turn when he discovers the hanging body of Pitseolala, a troubled Inuit girl whom he had sworn to protect.
Her death dredges up demons he thought he had buried along with the scars of a fractured marriage and the aching divide between him and his estranged daughter.
As Cole’s life unravels - and with it, the fragile thread of his investigation, he turns to Pitseolala’s younger brother, Maliktu, a fellow outsider.
It is then that Cole uncovers what binds them - a singular mission to find her killer.
Against fierce backlash, Cole’s overriding desire to redeem just one aspect of his otherwise failed life becomes an obsession - and he is willing to break every rule in his unyielding pursuit of justice and the smallest shred of redemption.
A Gift Before Dying (2026) is Kempt's debut novel.
About the author: Malcolm Kempt worked as a criminal lawyer in the remote Arctic for seventeen years before leaving to write full-time. He won the Percy Janes Award for Best Unpublished Novel in 2023. He now lives on the island of Newfoundland.
Rating: 5/5
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