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By the bestselling author of Dark Matter and Thin Air , an outstanding new piece of story-telling, a tale of mystery and imagination laced with terror. It is a masterwork in the modern gothic tradition that ranges from Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker to Neil Gaiman and Sarah Perry.

Spanning five centuries, this is a darkly gothic thriller about murderous obsession and one girl´s longing to fly free.

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A Times Best Book of 2019.

"Something has been let loose..."

In Edwardian Suffolk , a manor house stands alone in a lost corner of the Fens : a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets. Maud is a lonely child growing up without a mother, ruled by her repressive father.

When he finds a painted medieval devil in a graveyard, unhallowed forces are awakened.

Maud´s battle has begun. She must survive a world haunted by witchcraft , the age-old legends of her beloved fen - and the even more nightmarish demons of her father´s past.

Spanning five centuries, Wakenhyrst is a darkly gothic thriller about murderous obsession and one girl´s longing to fly free by the bestselling author of Dark Matter and Thin Air . Wakenhyrst is an outstanding new piece of story-telling, a tale of mystery and imagination laced with terror. It is a masterwork in the modern gothic tradition that ranges from Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker to Neil Gaiman and Sarah Perry.

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´[Michelle Paver´s] storytelling is irresistible´ The Times , Historical Fiction Book of the Month.

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Paver, Michelle
Michelle Paver was born in central Africa but came to England as a child. After gaining a degree in Biochemistry at Oxford University, she was a partner at a City law firm, until she gave that up to write full time. She is the author of the bestselling, award-winning series that began with Wolf Brother . The series has sold over 3 million copies in 36 territories, with acclaimed audio editions read by Ian McKellen. Viper´s Daughter is the seventh book in the series. Like the others it can be read as a standalone story.

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