Wake
Published on 5. March 2015
448 pages
978-1-4721-1792-2 (ISBN)
Description
A small community on New Zealand's Tasman Bay is suddenly overwhelmed by a bloodthirsty madness.
There are fourteen survivors.
Trapped in by a strange force-field called the 'no-go', cut off from the world outside, they must pull together, bury the dead and face their fears.
Because whatever caused the insanity is still at large. And it hasn't finished with them yet.
Wake is a riveting tour-de-force. A book about extreme events, ordinary people, heroic compassion - and invisible monsters.
There are fourteen survivors.
Trapped in by a strange force-field called the 'no-go', cut off from the world outside, they must pull together, bury the dead and face their fears.
Because whatever caused the insanity is still at large. And it hasn't finished with them yet.
Wake is a riveting tour-de-force. A book about extreme events, ordinary people, heroic compassion - and invisible monsters.
Reviews / Votes
Wake is the creepiest book I've ever loved: gorgeous, horrifying and insanely inventive. Elizabeth Knox continues to monopolize my awe pedestal. -- Laini Taylor, author of Dreams of Gods and Monsters Wake lingers as more than an intricate piece of blood-splattered clockwork; it is the work of an author who knows horror is more than gross anatomy. It's also the ghosts and ruins of our own hearts. * NZ Listener * Elizabeth Knox has the most original and lateral literary mind in New Zealand . . . I steamed through the book; by the end my hair stood on end. I shouted , "Holy shit!" several times. * Metro * Irresistible. * NZ Herald * Elizabeth Knox's gripping adult novels are literary but dynamic, sensuous and inventive. She has a striking ability to evoke a potent sense of time and place. * Independent * Knox's writing is sensory and lush and her imaginative intensity rivals the best of Diana Wynne Jones's stories. * The Australian * Sly and ingenious. -- Eleanor Catton, author of The Luminaries, on Elizabeth Knox Brilliant. -- Emily Perkins, author of The ForrestsMore details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition type
Digital original
File size
1,10 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4721-1792-2 (9781472117922)
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Person
Elizabeth Knox is one of New Zealand's leading writers. She is the author of ten novels, including The Vintner's Luck (longlisted for the Orange Prize 1999). Elizabeth was made an Arts Foundation Laureate in 2000 and an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. She lives in Wellington with her husband and son.
