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Something has walked the floors of the Ormen for over a century.
Something that craves revengeâŠ
*Longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize*
1901. On board the Ormen, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, a woman 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.
Decades later, the Ormen is found drifting across the ocean, deserted. Just one body is left on board, his face and feet mutilated, his cabin locked from the inside. Everyone else has vanished.
Now. Urban explorer Dominique travels into the near-permanent darkness of the northernmost tip of Iceland. She's searching for the final resting place of the Ormenâs wreck, and sheâs determined to uncover its secrets.
But sheâs not alone. Something is here with her. And itâs seeking revengeâŠ
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âRich, chilling and gorgeously gothic. A Haunting in the Arctic is the kind of enchanting, terrifying mystery I just adoreâ Chris Whitaker
âCooke delivers yet another spine-chilling treat in this lushly imagined, terrifying novelâ Emilia Hart, bestselling author of Weyward
âMesmerising and terrifying, this is a powerful story lovingly told ⊠Highly recommendedâ Lisa Ballantyne