The Passenger - Hardcover

Tallis, F. R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 023077055X ISBN 13: 9780230770553

Publisher: Picador, 2016

Synopsis

Not all those on board are invited . . .

1941. A German submarine, U-330, patrols the stormy inhospitable waters of the North Atlantic. It is commanded by Siegfried Lorenz, a maverick naval officer who does not believe in the war he is bound by duty and honour to fight in.

U-330 receives a triple-encoded message with instructions to collect two prisoners from a vessel located off the Icelandic coast and transport them to the base at Brest, and British submarine commander, Sutherland, and an Norwegian academic, Professor Bjørnar Grimstad, are taken on board. Contact between the prisoners and Lorenz has been forbidden, and it transpires that this special mission has been ordered by an unknown source, high up in the SS. It is rumoured that Grimstad is working on a secret weapon that could change the course of the war . . .

Then, Sutherland goes rogue, and a series of shocking, brutal events occurs. In the aftermath, disturbing things start happening on the boat. It seems that a lethal, supernatural force is stalking the crew, wrestling with Lorenz for control. A thousand feet under the dark, icy waves, it doesn't matter how loud you scream . . .

About this title

About the Author

F.R.Tallis is a writer and clinical psychologist. He has written self-help manuals, non-fiction for the general reader, academic text books, over thirty academic papers in international journals and several novels. Between 1999 and 2013 he has received or been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the New London Writers’ Award, the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Elle Prix de Letrice, and two Edgars. His critically acclaimed Liebermann series (written as Frank Tallis) has been translated into fourteen languages and optioned for TV adaptation. The Forbidden, his ninth novel, is a horror story set in nineteenth-century Paris and this, The Sleep Room, is his tenth.

From the Back Cover

Praise for F. R. Tallis

'A darkly joyful ride with creepy and thrilling moments in abundance' Independent

'Inviting comparisons to Stephen King's classic The Shining, Tallis includes many boilerplate components of the genre . . . a genuine page-turner' Kirkus Reviews

'Offers the same thrilling sense of familiarity and discovery as stumbling across a top-notch Hammer movie or a vintage Dennis Wheatley novel . . . What we have here is a proper scare-your-socks-off horror' Financial Times

Edition details

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 023077055X
• ISBN 13: 9780230770553
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384