Follower

A story of modern terror and suspense set against an authentic and spectacular background.

The Follower remains one of Scandinavia's strangest and most intriguing myths. But for two people it will be so much more than an ancient legend. It brings together John Visco, desperately chasing a geological survey job that may not even exist, and Sara Hansun, a Norwegian girl who is sticking to her side of a lovers' agreement even though her affair is now over. Their shared destination: the Arctic fishing village of Tromstad.

But the roads are closed. And the snow is falling. And out in the darkness, the Follower waits...

Half-human, half-beast, it is a demon spirit rejected by its maker to live independently and in misery. More than anything, it needs a new host; and a dispirited John Visco will make an ideal victim.

"If thriller reading were a sin, Stephen Gallagher would be responsible for my ultimate damnation. His work is fast-paced, well-written, infused with a sense of dark wonder, and altogether fresh." (Dean R Koontz)
Gallagher knows the secret of good supernatural horror. He keeps the gunk and gore to a bare minimum, and screws the emotional tension up tight from the first. (Colin Greenland, Imagine)
Stephen Gallagher is a novelist and screenwriter, and creator of TV's Eleventh Hour. Television adaptations of his novels Chimera and Oktober starred John Lynch and Stephen Tompkinson. His most recent novel is The Kingdom of Bones.

"The finest British writer of bestselling popular fiction since le Carre." (The Independent)