The Dark
A spinetingling seaside folk horror novel, set against the blackouts of the 1970s
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The Dark
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Amanda Mason
When the lights go out
You can lose sight of what is real . . .
It is the 1970s. A young woman, Rosie, moves to a small remote seaside village, readying to welcome her first child. But with her partner working away on an oil rig, the house isn't the sanctuary she'd hoped for - the situation made worse by the regular blackouts due to the ongoing miners' strikes. And the villagers seem friendly enough, but some of them are taking an uncomfortably close interest in her pregnancy.
Before long, Rosie notices strange noises and unexplained shadows in the corners of the cottage. As her birth date moves closer and the blackouts intensify, her isolation begins to consume her until she feels that she is losing her grip on reality.
But Rosie isn't the only one in the village who has cause to fear the dark . . .
Praise for Amanda Mason
'A near-perfect ghost story' Guardian, on The Wayward Girls
'Satisfyingly unsettling, this is a hugely atmospheric novel that oozes with uncanny menace' Lucie McKnight Hardy on The Hiding Place
'Mason is one of the best ghost story writers around today' Jess Kidd
'A chillingly claustrophobic read' Daily Mirror, on The Wayward Girls
'A supernatural tour-de-force' Daily Mail on The Hiding Place
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Critic reviews
No one writes the supernatural quite like Amanda Mason. In The Dark the hauntings are visceral, underpinned by folklore, an evocative setting and a beautifully observed cast of characters. The 1970s power cuts accompanying the miners' strikes, which plunge this wintry village into prolonged darkness, offer the perfect vehicle for a story about toxic histories and maternal hope, outsiders and community. I loved it. The Dark is a book that resonates and had me leaving a light on . . .
Places the reader squarely in a different place and time, one haunted by an old folk tale that still possesses the power to drag people along with the tide. The Dark is hugely atmospheric - I absolutely loved it
A deliciously spinetingling supernatural seaside tale. A brilliantly eerie novel that plunges us into the darkness of the 1970s blackouts and keeps us reading by torchlight 'til dawn
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