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Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for over a century.
Something that craves revengeâŚ
*Longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize*
1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, Nicky Duthie awakes. Attacked and dragged there against her will, itâs just her and the crew â and theyâre all owed something only she can give them.
1973. Decades later, when the ship is found still drifting across the ocean, itâs deserted. Just one body is left on board, his face and feet mutilated, his cabin locked from the inside. Everyone else has vanished.
Now, as urban explorer Dominique travels into the near-permanent darkness of the northernmost tip of Iceland, to the final resting place of the Ormenâs wreck, sheâs determined to uncover the shipâs secrets.
But sheâs not alone. Something is here with her. And itâs seeking revengeâŚ
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âRich, chilling and gorgeously gothic. is the kind of enchanting, terrifying mystery I just adoreâA Haunting in the ArcticChris Whitaker
âCooke delivers yet another spine-chilling treat in this lushly imagined, terrifying novelâEmilia Hart, bestselling author ofWeyward
âMesmerising and terrifying, this is a powerful story lovingly told ⌠Highly recommendedâLisa Ballantyne
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