Swimming in Circles - Jo Dixon

IT’S IN THE WATER, IN WATER EVERYWHERE

It happens to the animals first.

Cats dancing, fish floating to the surface, birds falling out of the sky, elephants collapsing, sea stars wasting away, salmon fry swimming in circles…

Michael is a scientist investigating mysterious deaths in young salmon.

When his father is diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, Michael is determined to find the cause of this devastating illness. He becomes obsessed with water pollution, his father having lived and worked by the river in the American Midwest all his life.

Michael moves to England to be with his partner, Luke, and they work together to solve the puzzle. As he discovers a chilling parallel between animal mortalities and his father’s ill health, Michael realises the problem runs deeper than anyone could have imagined.

It always affects the animals first. Then it affects us…

A modern ecofiction novel shaped by real-lifescience.