The Burn Line
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The Burn Line
From the hit creator of podcast sensation The Magnus Archives comes another blood-curdling horror thriller - this time set on the London Underground at the stifling height of summer...
There's something lurking in the stifling darkness and labyrinthine tunnels that run below London... something old, something vicious, and something very, very hungry.
It's the hottest summer on record and London is dying. Prices are high, pay is low, and stressed commuters are packed onto London Underground trains again like the pandemic never happened. To add to the misery, the temperatures underground just keep climbing and climbing, the heat trapped in the clay with nowhere to go.
Then one fateful morning, five travellers on an unlucky tube carriage find themselves bound together as witnesses to a single horrific eventโan event they can't quite seem to remember.
They make an unlikely team: a weary tube driver, a disillusioned civil servant, an ambitious city trader, an overwhelmed hotel worker, and an unhoused young man just trying to get by. But now they must come together to confront what they have seen and stop it in its tracks before it kills them all.
From the dark and twisted mind behind Thirteen Storeys, Family Business, and podcast sensation The Magnus Archives, The Burn Line is a sinister and socially conscious horror masterclass perfect for fans of Stephen King, Jordan Peele, and Black Mirror.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399620710
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 July 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Gollancz
Contributors:
- Read by Jude Owusu
- Read by Jonathan Sims
- Read by Kay Eluvian
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 34.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 440g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Jonathan Sims is a writer, performer and games designer whose work primarily focuses on the macabre, the grotesque, and the gentle touch of creeping dread. He is the mind and the voice behind acclaimed horror podcast The Magnus Archives, high octane space-cabaret The Mechanisms and some of your favourite nightmares. He lives in Walthamstow with the two best cats and an overwhelming backlog of books that he really should get round to.
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