By the bestselling author of Dark Matter and Thin Air, an outstanding new piece of story-telling, a tale of mystery and imagination laced with terror. It is a masterwork in the modern gothic tradition that ranges from Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker to Neil Gaiman and Sarah Perry.
Michelle Paver was born in Central Africa but came to England as a child. After gaining a degree in Biochemistry from Oxford University she became a partner in a city law firm, but eventually gave that up to write full time. She is the bestselling author of the adult gothic novels Dark Matter and Thin Air and the prizewinning children's series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, which has sold over three million copies worldwide.
[Michelle Paver's] storytelling is irresistible
*The Times, Historical Fiction Book of the Month*
It's a ghost story to put beside the classics of an earlier era...
Compelling'
*Evening Standard*
Original and engrossing... Paver masterfully blends together two
narratives... Spanning fen devils, mystics and the lot of women in
Edwardian England'
*Observer*
This book has been haunting me... Very gripping'
*BBC Radio 2 Book Club*
[A] superb, supernatural novel... Paver deliciously ratchets up the
tension as Maud struggles for autonomy in the face of her father's
deranged obsessions'
*Daily Mail*
A brilliantly atmospheric read (be warned: it's also terrifying!)
with a brave, forward-thinking heroine I loved
*Good Housekeeping*
Paver is back on top form'
*The Bookseller, Editor's Choice*
A spine-chilling masterpiece
*Woman and Home*
This dark, gothic tale will hook you in with its atmospheric
setting of a house on the edge of the Suffolk fens, and its themes
of superstition, witchcraft and religion
*Sun.*
Wakenhyrst is many things all at once – a chilling Gothic horror, a
coming of age tale, a story of madness and loneliness, and most of
all an account of how one girl manages to look out for herself when
no-one else will. Paver successfully balances these themes as only
a confident writer can. With fully realised characters and
motivations, she draws you deeper and deeper into the story, even
as the sense of dread grows stronger with every turn of the
page
*Scotland on Sunday.*
Dark, atmospheric and beautifully written
*Candis*
This perfectly constructed "modern Gothic" is laced with a real
sense of menace – and a healthy dose of feminism
*Heat*
A demonic presence lurks in the fens in this tale about murder,
loneliness and an abusive relationship
*The Times, The Best Books of 2019*
This is true goose-bump material' 8/10
*Sunday Post*
This dark, gothic tale will hook you in with its atmospheric
setting
*Fabulous Magazine*
Gothic thriller spanning five centuries. A woman living with her
repressive father faces a battle against witchcraft and sorcery
when a strange icon is discovered in a churchyard
*Love It Magazine*
There is a thick air of mystery to the story. The household is
shrouded in secrets. I really liked the sinister, gothic feel I got
from Wakenhyrst and I'll be looking out for more!'
*A Knight's Reads*
Paver herself said it was the best book she's written, and you can
see why: it's compulsively readable and savagely intelligent
*The Roaring Bookworm*
This book is steeped in atmosphere as well as the stench and slime
of the fen itself, a place barely touched by the outside world, and
it is beautifully written and deliciously, gorgeously creepy
*For Winter Nights*
A clever, creepy Gothic tale
*Saga*
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