SHE IS AWAKE
Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home, his father is insensible, felled by a stroke, and their servant is in prison, facing charges of witchcraft. Thomas prides himself on being a rational, modern man, but as he unravels the mystery of what has happened, he uncovers not a tale of superstition but something dark and ancient, linked to a shipwreck years before.
SOMETHING HAS AWOKEN, AND NOW IT WILL NOT REST
“Enormously enjoyable”
Observer
“It’s hard to believe that such an accomplished novel could be a debut – The Leviathan is a gloriously dark story that sweeps you along to its harrowing yet satisfying conclusion. Superb.”
Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora
“A sinister, twisting tale, thoroughly gripping and utterly absorbing”
Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne
“The plot is as surprising and sinuously twisting as the legendary sea monster of its title”
Guardian