A terrifying 1930s ghost story set in the haunting wilderness of the far north. 'Brilliant. Imagine Jack London meets Stephen King. The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy. I loved it' Jeffery Deaver

January 1937. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he's offered the chance to be the wireless operator on an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway, 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. And Gruhuken is not uninhabited. Jack is not alone. Something walks there in the dark.