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The atmospheric new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Michelle Paver
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Michelle is such a brilliant writer, and an absolute master of the genre! Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding ENTER - AND YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SAME Mexico, 1973 Simon Corbett has come to the jungle the way people do: to salvage a...
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Michelle is such a brilliant writer, and an absolute master of the genre! Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding
ENTER - AND YOU'LL NEVER BE THE SAME
Mexico, 1973
Simon Corbett has come to the jungle the way people do: to salvage a ruined career, and outrun a past he cannot face.
But the forest is no refuge.
As he ventures deeper, his days lose their edges. Footsteps follow that leave no trace. The path he cuts disappears behind him.
Something is leading him off course. It's older than the trees, watching, and hungry.
He came to the jungle to lose himself.
He may get his wish.
A terrifying supernatural tale from Sunday Times bestseller Michelle Paver, author of Dark Matter, Thin Air and Wakenhyrst.
Praise for Rainforest:
'Her most unsettling novel yet!' Olivia Isaac-Henry
'Michelle Paver at her terrifying best. A novel of masterful suspense and slow-burning horror' Elaine Thomson
'Phenomenal. All of the stars... Easily my top read of the year so far' 5-star Reader Review
'The malicious uncanny slithers through the story' Natasha Pulley
'Intoxicatingly weird...Takes a stalker story and makes it uniquely her own. She has cemented herself as our modern day MR James. I can't wait to see what she does next!' Sarah Pinborough
'Profoundly wonderful storytelling' 5-star Reader Review
'Rarely have I finished reading a book, immediately returned to the first page and started reading again. Rainforest is utter brilliance' Carly Reagon
'No one does terrifying like Michelle Paver' Sharon Bolton
'Incredible! Really was an experience like no other' 5-star Reader Review
'Paver has proved once again that she is master of the ghost story. With its vivid, brilliantly realised setting and creeping dread, I found this a truly terrifying read' Rebecca Netley
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781398723221
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sphere
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Born in Malawi to a Belgian mother and a father who ran the tiny 'Nyasaland Times', Michelle moved to the UK when she was three. She was brought up in Wimbledon and, following a Biochemistry Degree from Oxford University, 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.
Successfully published as an adult author, the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness ("Wolf Brother") were her first books for younger readers, followed by her brilliant 5-part series set in the bronze age, Gods and Warriors. On the adult side, her first ghost story, DARK MATTER, was a UK bestseller and won massive praise from reviewers and readers, as did her second ghost story, THIN AIR.Reviews for Michelle's gothic ghost story WAKENHYRST have been stellar - "Her finest novel yet" says The Times... ""What a story it is", says The Observer - "Wakenhyrst is brilliant, spanning Fen devils, mystics and the lot of women in Edwardian England." WAKENHYRST is an Amazon Kindle bestseller.Also by Michelle Paver
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