Of course, it was only then that I realized that this meant I would have to read a spooky book. So when Thea and Ana invited me to participate in All Hallows Read with them this year I capslock smashed YES into the keyboard as fast as I could type. They were the first book blog I ever read, and the one I’ll keep reading long after my life takes over and I’m too busy to keep up with everyone. Soon he will reach the point of no return – when the sea will freeze, making escape impossible.

Soon he will see the last of the sun, as the polar night engulfs the camp in months of darkness. One by one, his companions are forced to leave. As night returns to claim the land, Jack feels a creeping unease. At last they reach the remote, uninhabited bay where they will camp for the next year. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway: five men and eight huskies, crossing the Barents Sea by the light of the midnight sun. So when he’s offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life.

Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. As with last year (with two fabulous guests), we’ve decided to continue the tradition and have invited the lovely Heidi of Bunbury in the Stacks to play! Gaiman decided that there were far too few excuses to put books in others’ hands, and so put together this delightful, globe-spanning event. As well as a ghost story, it's a great portrayal of Svalbard and the experience of spending a winter in the Arctic.You may or may not be familiar with All Hallow’s Read, a new book-centric holiday tradition invented by the genius Neil Gaiman. Richard Madeley Dark Matter builds suspense brilliantly. SAVIDGE READS Book Blog Ghost stories don't frighten me much but this one did. I cannot recommend this novel enough, especially in these dark nights, you will certainly get more than you bargained for. Unputdownable! WOMANS WEEKLY A genuinely terrifying tale.

INDEPENDENT More than just a ghost story, this is an exquisitely told psychological thriller. Sarah Broadhurst BOOKSELLER This gripping ghost story has moments of horror and beauty SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Paver's descriptions of the topography are marvellously vivid and add to the sense of menace that suffuses the story - Joan Smith SUNDAY TIMES 'An atmospheric ghost story that would give Susan Hill a run for her money' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY A chilling period piece, Dark Matter cunningly illustrates how fear, rather than death, is the great equaliser. Evocative, chilling and superbly unsettling, it is very good indeed.

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