The Unrecovered
by Richard Strachan
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Pub Date 13 Feb 2025 | Archive Date 13 Feb 2025
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (UK & ANZ) | Raven Books
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Description
What the years have buried, is about to be exposed...
On the Scottish coast, lies the gloomy fortress of Gallondean. Local legend has it that if the heirs to the house hear the howling of a spectral hound nearby, their death will quickly follow.
The current owner of the house is Jacob Beresford who, up until the unexpected death of his father, had never set foot within its crumbling walls. Jacob, already haunted by his own demons, has no need of more ghosts, but as the First World War staggers through its last terrible months and he uncovers unsettling details of his new home’s past, the shadows seem to be growing around him.
Then he meets Esther, a young volunteer nurse, and one of her patients, who was wounded in mysterious circumstances, and their lives come to intersect in horrifying and unexpected ways.
Danger stalks the woods and coast around them, but it soon becomes clear that the gravest threats are within….
Both unsettling and evocative, deeply atmospheric and brilliantly engaging The Unrecovered is an unforgettable historical debut inspired by a real life legend and marks the arrival of an outstanding new talent.
Advance Praise
'Immersive, beautifully written, and with an intriguing setting... builds towards an hallucinatory climax' Michelle Paver
'Haunting as it is beautiful... a rare gem of gothic literature, and the meticulous melding of historical fiction into the narrative makes its horror all the more captivating' A. M. Shine
'Creeping unease gives way to abject horror in this dark tale of dreadful inheritance and inexorable fate' Martin MacInnes, author of Booker Prize longlisted In Ascension
'A formidable and deftly crafted nightmare... The latest haunting in a classic Scottish tradition derived from Stevenson and Hogg' Iain Sinclair
'Dark, intelligent and profoundly moving, I devoured this stunning debut in two sittings. I will be thinking about this story and its characters for some time' Rebecca Netley, author of The Whistling
'An astonishing debut. A multilayered and gripping exploration of grief, trauma and atonement taking in Robert Browning, the Crusades, Peter Pan, colonialism, and spooky hounds: complex, compelling and eerie' Naomi Kelsey, author of The Burnings
'A ghost story, a war metaphor, a tribute to poetry, and a literary novel all combined into one book, but above all, it is a great read' Laura Shepperson, author of The Heroines
'Whether you like historical fiction, the supernatural, books about war or travel or anything else, this book has something for every reader' Robert Welbourn
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781526670533 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 304 |
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