House of Small Shadows
Will be published approx. on 24. September 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-0350-6858-6 (ISBN)
Description
They watch as you sleep . . .
House of Small Shadows is a compulsive and utterly chilling horror from the award-winning author of The Ritual, Adam Nevill.
'A gloriously gruesome fever dream' - SFX
The Red House: home to the late M. H. Mason, master taxidermist and puppeteer, where he lived and created some of his most disturbing works.
Catherine Howard can't believe her luck when she's invited to value the contents of the house. When she first sees the elaborate displays of preserved animals and macabre puppets, she's both thrilled and terrified. It's an opportunity to die for.
But the Red House has secrets. At night the building comes alive with noises and movements: footsteps, and the fleeting glimpses of small shadows on the stairs. And soon the barriers between reality, sanity and nightmare begin to collapse . . .
'Adam Nevill is a fantastic storyteller, a master of slow-building tension, and he's written a fever dream of a book. House of Small Shadows is chilling, disorienting and deeply creepy' - Scott Smith, author of The Ruins
House of Small Shadows is a compulsive and utterly chilling horror from the award-winning author of The Ritual, Adam Nevill.
'A gloriously gruesome fever dream' - SFX
The Red House: home to the late M. H. Mason, master taxidermist and puppeteer, where he lived and created some of his most disturbing works.
Catherine Howard can't believe her luck when she's invited to value the contents of the house. When she first sees the elaborate displays of preserved animals and macabre puppets, she's both thrilled and terrified. It's an opportunity to die for.
But the Red House has secrets. At night the building comes alive with noises and movements: footsteps, and the fleeting glimpses of small shadows on the stairs. And soon the barriers between reality, sanity and nightmare begin to collapse . . .
'Adam Nevill is a fantastic storyteller, a master of slow-building tension, and he's written a fever dream of a book. House of Small Shadows is chilling, disorienting and deeply creepy' - Scott Smith, author of The Ruins
Reviews / Votes
Nevill proves himself to be a first-rate literary bogeyman . . . a gloriously gruesome fever dream -- <i>SFX</i> An impeccable slice of modern horror with a traditional sense of dread and unerring 'keep the light on' suspense. A new British horror star is forcefully born -- Maxim Jakubowski Not everyone enjoys horror stories, but for those that do read Last Days and afterwards look for more of the same from Adam Nevill who surely has the knack of creating undertones of chilling terror in an engrossing book -- Book Bitch on <i>Last Days</i> A demonstration of what the field of horror is capable of at its very best -- <i>Black Static </i>on <i>Apartment 16</i> Britain's answer to Stephen King -- <b><i>The Guardian</i></b>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 16 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0350-6858-6 (9781035068586)
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E-Book
10/2013
Tor
€10.99
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Person
Adam L. G. Nevill was born in Birmingham in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. He is the author of the horror novels Banquet for the Damned, Apartment 16, The Ritual, Last Days, House of Small Shadows, No One Gets Out Alive, Lost Girl and Under a Watchful Eye. His first short-story collection, Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors, was published on Halloween 2016.
His novels The Ritual, Last Days and No One Gets Out Alive were winners of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel. The Ritual and Last Days were also awarded Best in Category: Horror by RUSA. Many of his novels are currently in development for film and television, and in 2016 Imaginarium adapted The Ritual into a feature film.
Adam lives in Devon, England.
His novels The Ritual, Last Days and No One Gets Out Alive were winners of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel. The Ritual and Last Days were also awarded Best in Category: Horror by RUSA. Many of his novels are currently in development for film and television, and in 2016 Imaginarium adapted The Ritual into a feature film.
Adam lives in Devon, England.