ATimesBest Book of 2019.br'Paver is one of Britain's modern greats. This sinister, gothic chiller shows why'BIG ISSUE, Books of the Year 2019."Something has been let loose..."brbrInEdwardian Suffolk, a manor house stands alone in a lost corner ofthe Fens: a glinting wilderness of water whose whispering reeds guard ancient secrets.Maudis a lonely child growing up without a mother, ruled by her repressive father.brbrWhen he finds a paintedmedieval devilin a graveyard, unhallowed forces are awakened.brbrMaud's battle has begun. She must survive a world haunted bywitchcraft, the age-old legends of her beloved fen – and the even more nightmarishdons of her father's past.brbrSpanning five centuries,Wakenhyrstisa darkly gothic thrillerabout murderous obsession and one girl's longing to fly free by the bestselling author ofDark MatterandThin Air.Wakenhyrstis 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.p