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* FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET *

‘One of our finest literary horror writers’ – SUNDAY TIMES
‘A dark, grimly compelling and very twisty tale’ – GUARDIAN
‘A beguiling, haunting modern fairy tale’ – DAILY EXPRESS

The Nowhere Children are expecting you…

High in the mountains sits Nowhere, a verdant valley surrounded by walls of rock. People have lived at Nowhere for centuries, though never for long, and rarely happily. Its last owner was its most famous: movie star Leaf Winham, who built Nowhere House as a refuge to hide from his fame… and to hide his crimes. Only when Nowhere House went up in flames were the graves discovered, the last resting places of lost young men who would never go home.

Years later, Nowhere valley has become a sanctuary for runaway children, a place where adults cannot enter. Drawn by this promise, fourteen-year-old Riley pulls her brother Oliver from his bed in the middle of the night, hoping to find a new family. But the Nowhere Children are fierce in defending their valley and their secrets. For something dark lives in the ruins of Nowhere House, something that asks a terrible price for sanctuary…

‘Nowhere Burning is nothing short of spellbinding’ – OLIVIE BLAKE

‘So sharp and beautiful it draws blood and leaves scars’ – GRADY HENDRIX

‘Gorgeous, dangerous, mythic and horrific. A remarkable storyteller’ – A.J. FINN

‘Broke my heart a dozen times and held me spellbound throughout’ – SARAH HILARY

‘A creepy, clever and heartrending story, compelling and beautifully crafted’ – EMMA HEALEY

‘Atmospheric and achingly tender suspense from one of our most original writers’ – ERIN KELLY

Publisher Review

So sharp and beautiful it draws blood and leaves scars — Grady Hendrix, author of WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS One part fairy tale and one part horror story, Nowhere Burning is as seductive and incendiary as Leaf Winham’s Nowhere House – bursting at the seams with dark secrets, deep shadows, and the corrosive black mould of memory. The world of make – believe has never been so deadly — M.L. Rio, author of IF WE WERE VILLAINS Darkly compelling, and so well-drawn with such a range of believable, engaging characters… Terrific — Joanne Harris, author of CHOCOLAT A creepy, clever and heart-rending story – compelling and beautifully crafted — Emma Healey, author of ELIZABETH IS MISSING Atmospheric and achingly tender suspense from one of our most original writers. I dare you not to fall under its spell — Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID/SHE SAID A triumph. It’s thrilling, tender and moving. As a big fan of Peter Pan lore I loved Ward’s new approach to the themes, it was all so creepy in the best possible way — Laura Purcell, author of THE SILENT COMPANIONS Gorgeous, dangerous, mythic and horrific… This unforgettable novel evokes Stephen King and fairy tales – but it’s very much an original, a story for anyone who likes to marvel at a remarkable storyteller — A.J. Finn, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW Broke my heart a dozen times and held me spellbound throughout. Just genius — Sarah Hilary, author of SOMEONE ELSE’S SECRETS Catriona Ward is a sorceress of the highest order and Nowhere Burning is nothing short of spellbinding. The scale of both tenderness and terror is a marvel… I will follow Ward anywhere, holding my breath as I go — Olivie Blake, author of THE ATLAS SIX Fiercely original, full of malice and wild empathy. Ward is so damn good and always, always surprising — Lauren Beukes, author of THE SHINING GIRLS An amazing mix of intricate story-telling, edge of your seat plotting, incredible world-building and characters who will find a place in your heart. A bit Stranger Things, a bit Spielberg, a bit Stephen King, whilst also being completely original — Araminta Hall, author of EVERYTHING AND NOTHING Haunting and unsettling… Within the horror, there is tenderness, too, and hope. A beautiful, disturbing novel about the power of belonging — L.V. Matthews, author of THE TWINS Gripping and beautiful and haunting and virtuously crafted… A thrilling, sinuous reflection on the lengths we go to for family, you won’t be able to stop reading — Virginia Feito, author of MRS MARCH Exceptional. So painful and heartbreakingly human. Lost and broken people are the key to a great horror novel, and nobody does them better than Catriona Ward — Christopher Golden, author of ALL HALLOWS It’s impossible to overstate how astonishingly good this book is. It has such an overwhelming richness that I almost had to keep stopping to come up for air. But of course I couldn’t, because Nowhere kept pulling me in… Genuinely stunning — Kate Simants, author of FREEZE