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Dark Matter
The bestselling Richard & Judy book club pick
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THE EXCITING 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLER. NOW WITH AFTERWORD FROM SIMON PEGG.'The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy ' JEFFEREY DEAVER'Paver is the mistress of suspense' GUARDIAN'An atmospheric ghost story' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYJanuary 1937. Clouds of war are gathering...
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THE EXCITING 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLER. NOW WITH AFTERWORD FROM SIMON PEGG.'The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy ' JEFFEREY DEAVER'Paver is the mistress of suspense' GUARDIAN'An atmospheric ghost story' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYJanuary 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 the 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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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781398724112
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 September 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Orion
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 265g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
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 becoming 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.
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