Dark Matter
The bestselling Richard & Judy book club pick
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3.9 • 13 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north.
January 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...
Customer Reviews
Cold and dark runs the fear inside and out....
A gallant feat of both adventure and horror. The fear creeps around you as the darkness purveys.
Great subtext running through out, particularly that of depression and interwar period England. Symbolism is key...
I genuinely felt lost when I had finished this book, such was the pull of the Arctic and the depth of the evil that is in us all.
A Gripping and haunting page turner
Dark Matter is brilliantly written! Once I started reading it, I could not put this book down. If you are a fan of horror fiction, this book will surely satisfy. What would you do to prove your worth, when you are stranded in the cold and being haunted by a being in the middle of nowhere!