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Echo

From the Author of HEX
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Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt is a gripping thriller where two men survive a terrifying accident in the Swiss Alps, leaving one with a mysterious calling back to the mountains. As they grapple with the haunting aftermath, they uncover dark secrets that blur the lines between reality and supernatural forces, creating a tense journey filled with suspense and psychological depth.
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You might enjoy this novel if you're captivated by spine-chilling thrillers blending supernatural elements with psychological depth. Written by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, it's perfect for readers who appreciate a suspenseful crime narrative intertwined with eerie and darkly atmospheric themes.

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A startlingly original horror novel from the Author of HEX

'This is totally, brilliantly original' Stephen King.

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It's One Thing to Lose Your Life

It's Another to Lose Your Soul

'Totally, brilliantly original' — Stephen King on HEX

Dutch writer Thomas Olde Heuvelt is a Hugo Award winner and has been hailed as the future of speculative fiction in Europe. Echo follows his sensational debut novel, HEX.

Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakes from a coma to find that his climbing buddy, Augustin, is missing and presumed dead. Nick's own injuries are as extensive as they are horrifying. His face wrapped in bandages and unable to speak, Nick claims amnesia—but he remembers everything.

He remembers how he and Augustin were mysteriously drawn to the Maudit, a remote and scarcely documented peak in the Swiss Alps. He remembers an ominous sense that they were not alone. He remembers something waiting for them...

Sam Avery wants to be glad that Nick is alive and coming home, but the accident has stirred up memories that Sam thought were long buried. Soon he realises that it isn't just the trauma of the accident that haunts Nick. Something has awakened inside of him, something that endangers the lives of everyone around him...

'Creepy and gripping and original' — George R. R. Martin on HEX

'Reminiscent of vintage Stephen King' — John Connolly on HEX

'The next genre superstar' — Paul Cornell

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Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt is praised for its masterful blend of supernatural horror and gripping adventure. It evokes a deep sense of dread and awe, described as haunting and hallucinatory, leaving readers breathless with its chilling narrative. Critics highlight its breathtaking, vividly rendered climbing sequences and its unique, terrifying storytelling, predicting it as a standout in contemporary horror literature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529331790

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 October 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodderscape

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Dutch novelist Thomas Olde Heuvelt is the author of five novels and many short stories of the fantastic. He has been awarded the Paul Harland Prize on three occasions, and was nominated for the World Fantasy Award. In 2015 he won the Hugo award for Best Short Story. Olde Heuvelt wrote his debut novel at the age of sixteen. He studied English Language and American Literature in his hometown of Nijmegen and at the University of Ottawa in Canada.

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