Dark Matter by Michelle Paver is an ourstanding book. The perfect novel to borrow or buy at Halloween. Or to complement the BBC's current Frozen Planet series.
It is the story of a group of young men who travel to Svalbard in the upper Arctic to carry out a survey. Into the Polar Night of twenty-four hours darkness. 1937.
If you want to know what the light - and darkness - is like in the upper Arctic, this is the book for you.
The characters, setting, historical period and plot blend together to create a superb read.
Dark Matter is also a ghost story. A chilling unnerving beautiful ghost story.
I've just read it for the second time - and, really, feel like reading it again right now.(By the way: the paperback - just out - is white, not like this cover for the hardback.)
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