They arrive at Gruhaken, but even the startling brightness of the Arctic summer sun doesn't lighten the shadows of unease that begin to fall. Norwegian Captain Eriksson tries to warn of the dark mining and trapping history of Gruhaken, but the expedition will not be thwarted by salty superstition. Tragedy strikes again and the group is reduced to three before making landfall. They head out by ship with eight huskies and high spirits. They travel to Norway, their final destination the remote and stark island of Gruhaken. The original expedition of five men shrinks to four before departing London.
The novel is presented as Jack's journal, narrating the expedition from start to finish. While written for the adult market,ĭark Matter is a perfect ghost story for fireside reading for teens as well. Ghost Hunter (the concluding volume in her internationally bestsellingĬhronicles of Ancient Darkness young-adult series), won the 2010 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.ĭark Matter is her first adult novel, and she succeeds in creating a compelling ghost story that quietly frightens. Fogs and the spectre of war might hang over London, but what could possibly be over the Arctic except the midnight sun? Little does the team know what lurks in acclaimed British writer Michelle Paver's
It's 1937, and 28-year-old Jack Miller, down on his luck and desperate for opportunity, falls into the chance of a lifetime: being the wireless operator for a scientist expedition heading from London to the high north.
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