The Night Country

Author: Albert, Melissa

Interest age: from c 12 years

Published on 9 January 2020 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Penguin Books Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Hazel Wood' series.

An addictive thriller crossed with the darkest of fairytales that's guaranteed to keep you up all night...

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SEQUEL TO INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING NOVEL THE HAZEL WOOD Alice has fought hard for a normal life. Having escaped the Hinterland - the strange, pitch-dark world she was born into - she has washed up in New York City, determined to build a new future for herself.

But when her fellow survivors start being brutally murdered, Alice must face the fact that the Hinterland cannot be so easily escaped. And that, from the shadows of her past something - or someone - is coming for her...

Praise for Melissa Albert: 'Magical, mesmerising and inventive' Karen McManus, bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying 'This book will be your next obsession' Stephanie Garber, bestselling author of Caravel 'Insidiously beautiful' Guardian 'You'll not sleep a wink' Heat 'A magnificent creation, laden with wonder and fear impossible to turn away from . . . Literal goose bumps' Booklist'Darker, bloodier and even stranger than THE HAZEL WOOD, THE NIGHT COUNTRY invites the wolf from the forest inside your home. A sinister jewel of a novel, like splitting a pomegranate and finding the inside filled with blood and rubies, every sentence of this book thrilled and chilled me to the bone.' Melinda Salisbury, bestselling author of The Sin Eater's Daughter