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Dark Matter: the gripping ghost story from the author of WAKENHYRST
Michelle Paver
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Description for Dark Matter: the gripping ghost story from the author of WAKENHYRST
Paperback. A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north.
January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he's offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway: five men and eight huskies, crossing the Barents Sea by the light of the midnight sun. At last they reach the remote, uninhabited bay where they will camp for the next year. Gruhuken.
But ... Read morethe Arctic summer is brief. As night returns to claim the land, Jack feels a creeping unease. One by one, his companions are forced to leave. He faces a stark choice. Stay or go. Soon he will see the last of the sun, as the polar night engulfs the camp in months of darkness. Soon he will reach the point of no return - when the sea will freeze, making escape impossible.
And Gruhuken is not uninhabited. Jack is not alone. Something walks there in the dark...
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Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Michelle Paver
Born in Malawi to a Belgian mother and a father who ran the tiny 'NYASALAND TIMES', Michelle Paver moved to the UK when she was three. She was brought up in Wimbledon and, following a Biochemistry Degree from Oxford, she became a partner in a big City law firm. She gave up the City to follow her long-held dream of ... Read morebecoming a writer. She is the author of the brilliantly successful children's series, THE CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS. DARK MATTER is her first adult ghost story. It arises from her lifelong love of the Arctic, which has taken her to northern Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia and Spitsbergen. Show Less
Reviews for Dark Matter: the gripping ghost story from the author of WAKENHYRST
Dark Matter is a spellbinding read - the kind of subtly unsettling, understated ghost story MR James might have written had he visited the Arctic
GUARDIAN
Told in the increasingly fearful words of Jack as he writes in his journal, this is a blood-curdling ghost story, evocative not just of icy northern wastes but of a mind as, ... Read moretrapped, it turns in on itself
DAILY MAIL
Paver has created a tale of terror and beauty and wonder. Mission accomplished: at last, a story that makes you check you've locked all the doors, and leaves you very thankful indeed for the electric light. In a world of CGI-induced chills, a good old-fashioned ghost story can still clutch at the heart
FINANCIAL TIMES
Paver is the mistress of suspense, and the strangeness that humans can suffer from when exposed to the Arctic wilderness is brilliantly exploited in this period piece
THE TIMES
Deeply affecting tale of mental and physical isolation
SUNDAY TIMES
The ultimate test of a good ghost story is, surely, whether you feel panicked reading it in bed at midnight; two-thirds through, I found myself suddenly afraid to look out of the windows, so I'll call it a success
OBSERVER
Dark Matter is terrific....(a) wild beast that grabs you by the neck
THE TIMES
The very best ghost stories usually concern the predicaments of the living rather than the return of the dead. It's a point appreciated by Michelle Paver, whose haunting new novella so cleverly illustrates how it is fear, rather than death, which is the great leveller
THE LADY
Neither (Susan) Hill nor Paver allows any doubt. Their ghosts seem real enough. Paver's is, I think, the more disturbing, her vision of an eternally dark world of snow and fear the more convincing, her pattern of mood and suggestion the more satisfying
GLASGOW SUNDAY HERALD
Dark Matter is brilliant. Imagine Jack London meets Stephen King. The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy. I loved it
Jeffrey Deaver It's an elegantly told tale with a vivid sense of place - and it's deeply scary
Lesley Glaister Disquieting and poIgnant in equal measure, Paver's novel reminds us that fear of the dark is the oldest fear of all. An ideal read for long winter evenings
IRISH EXAMINER
This gripping ghost story has moments of horror and beauty
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
An atmospheric ghost story that would give Susan Hill a run for her money
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
More than just a ghost story, this is an exquisitely told psychological thriller. Unputdownable!
WOMAN'S WEEKLY
Ghost stories don't frighten me much but this one did. Quite a lot, actually ... Chilling in every respect
Richard Madeley Dark Matter builds suspense brilliantly ... As well as a ghost story, it's a great portrayal of Svalbard and the experience of spending a winter in the Arctic
ADVENTURE TRAVEL
Evocative, chilling and superbly unsettling, it is very good indeed.
Sarah Broadhurst
BOOKSELLER
This gripping ghost story has moments of horror and beauty
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Paver's descriptions of the topography are marvellously vivid and add to the sense of menace that suffuses the story
Joan Smith
SUNDAY TIMES
An atmospheric ghost story that would give Susan Hill a run for her money
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
A chilling period piece, Dark Matter cunningly illustrates how fear, rather than death, is the great equaliser.
INDEPENDENT
More than just a ghost story, this is an exquisitely told psychological thriller. Unputdownable!
WOMANS WEEKLY
A genuinely terrifying tale ... I cannot recommend this novel enough, especially in these dark nights, you will certainly get more than you bargained for. I did.
SAVIDGE READS Book Blog
Ghost stories don't frighten me much but this one did. Quite a lot, actually ... Chilling in every respect.
Richard Madeley Dark Matter builds suspense brilliantly ... As well as a ghost story, it's a great portrayal of Svalbard and the experience of spending a winter in the Arctic.
ADVENTURE TRAVEL
A genuinely suspenseful and really quite chilling tale
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT
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