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They only stopped watching her for a matter of minutes. That was all it took.
‘This is a third consecutive masterpiece from an author who deserves to be as much a household name as Stephen King’ – SFX Magazine

It was a beautiful winter’s day. Anders, his wife and their feisty six-year-old, Maja, set out across the ice of the Swedish archipelago to visit the lighthouse on Gavasten. There was no one around, so they let her go on ahead. And she disappeared, seemingly into thin air, and was never found.

Two years later, Anders is a broken alcoholic, his life ruined. He returns to the archipelago, the home of his childhood and his family. But all he finds are Maja’s toys and through the haze of memory, loss and alcohol, he realizes that someone – or something – is trying to communicate with him.

Soon enough, his return sets in motion a series of horrifying events which exposes a mysterious and troubling relationship between the inhabitants of the remote island and the sea.

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Reviews

'Emotionally forceful and superbly plotted' Big Issue.
Big Issue
'a gripping portrayal of the devastating effect that the loss of a child can have on a parent' British Fantasy.
British Fantasy
'Lindqvist is Sweden's answer to Stephen King' Daily Mirror.
Daily Mirror
'A very scary tale indeed' Financial Times.
Financial Times
'A magician of genre fiction' Independent.
Independent
'Eerily good' Marie Claire.
Marie Claire
'This is a third consecutive masterpiece from an author who deserves to be as much a household name as Stephen King' SFX.
SFX