Thin Air: The most chilling and compelling ghost story of the year

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After finding herself mesmerised by the history, vastness and the terrifying solitude of the Himalayas, Paver used it as the setting for this undeniably gripping account of a 1935 expedition up Kangchenjunga. The discovery of an old rucksack is significant and Paver manages to make an everyday object like a rucksack very scary indeed. The story just sounded too similar - Dark Matter was about a group of five men embarking on an Arctic expedition in the 1930s; Thin Air is about a group of five men embarking on a mountain-climbing expedition in the 1930s - and I worried that the new story would effectively be a retread of the old one. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely, and desperate to change his life, so when he's offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it.

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This haunting new novel and long-awaited sequel to the chilling Dark Matter certainly doesn't disappoint. Paver makes it an interesting relationship where they have love for each other, but only due to the fact they’re related, otherwise, they readily admit they wouldn’t get along at all. he also has beautiful blue eyes like most huskies and loves getting treats and enjoys running around and leaning against Jack.

By turns Stephen is innocently naive and darkly fearful, while simultaneously dismissive of the superstious behaviour of the local inhabitants engaged as guides and servants.

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It is 1935, and young medic Stephen Pearce travels to India to join an expedition with his brother, Kits.In 1935, a group of Englishmen set off to follow in the footsteps of an expedition that ended in the tragic loss of the majority of its men. Unable to sleep one night, I came across some mountaineering books in my study, and read into the small hours. This book combined so many genres that I love: horror, historical fiction, paranormal, and adventure. I was especially impressed with Paver's ability to describe different aspects of the mountain's structure without making me yawn with boredom.

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They respect and fear the mountain and display a great deal more common sense than their western paymasters. Is the narrator, as well as his climbing partners, suffering altitude sickness or is there something more nefarious haunting them?A riveting read that I couldn't put down - but on a note of caution it's best to read with all the lights on! I really wanted to love Paver's books, the premises sound like the type of fiction that I love but they fail to deliver. Dark Matter is essentially a haunted house story that takes place in a fairly original setting, full of wide, dark spaces although centered around a small, lonely cabin.