Paver ghosts to Orion

Orion publisher Jon Wood has bought world rights to Michelle Paver’s "spine-tingling mountaineering ghost story", set in the Himalayas. Wood completed the deal for Thin Air, due to be published in October 2016, with Peter Cox of Redhammer. In the novel, brothers Stephen and Kits set out to follow in the footsteps of a previous disastrous expedition, despite being warned of "dark and terrifying forces" on the mountain. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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