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The Dark Between The Trees
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About The Book
Seventeen men enter the wood. Only two are ever seen again, and the stories they tell of what happened make no sense. Stories of shifting landscapes, of trees that appear and disappear at will... and of something else. Something dark. Something hungry.
Today: five women are headed into Moresby Wood to discover, once and for all, what happened to that unfortunate group of soldiers. Led by Dr Alice Christopher, an historian who has devoted her entire academic career to uncovering the secrets of Moresby Wood. Armed with metal detectors, GPS units, mobile phones and the most recent map of the area (which is nearly 50 years old), Dr Christopher’s group enters the wood ready for anything.
Or so they think...
Product Details
- Publisher: Solaris (October 13, 2022)
- Length: 304 pages
- ISBN13: 9781786187130
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Raves and Reviews
“Blimey, this was creepy as hell!”—Claire North, author of Ithaca
“Haunting and heart-stopping. The Dark Between the Trees marks the arrival of a bold new voice in British horror.”—MR Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts
“Superbly tense.”—Adam Roberts, author of The This
“Fantastically written and darkly mesmerising.”—Marianne Gordon, author of The Gilded Crown
“An assured, masterful slice of folk-horror strangeness.”—Simon Bestwick, author of Black Mountain
“Surreal and haunting.”—Booklist
“An impressive debut.”—The FT
“Barnett’s grasp of ineffable oddness would make Algernon Blackwood proud.”—The Guardian
“The Dark Between the Trees is folk horror of the most classic kind, refreshed for the new century.”—Esquire
“An unsettling and compelling folk horror.”—SFX
“An ambitious exercise on timelines and genres.”—Aurealis
“This novel is uncomfortable, phantasmagorical”—The Fantasy Hive
“The perfect spooky and eerie read for anyone looking for a gothic folk story with incredible ambience.”—FanFiAddict
“A deeply enjoyable horror tale.”—Runalong the Shelves
“A memorable, spooky tale.”—The Guardian
“A head-rush horror novel for readers who relish things that go bump in the night.”—LoveReading
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