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‘Ferociously readable. . . I still can’t get enough’ The Times

If no one ever died, what would happen then?

For several days, a bright new star in the sky above Norway has blazed over the restless lives of those below. Tove, an artist, is consumed by intense creativity as she spirals towards psychosis. Line falls in love with a musician named Valdemar and is lured to a secret death metal gig in a remote forest. Geir, a policeman, is investigating a ritual murder but chances upon something more horrifying even than the bodies in the trees – the last bodies he sees, because, as undertaker Syvert is the first to realise, people have stopped dying since the star appeared.

What is haunting the world – and why?

As profound as it is thrilling, Karl Ove Knausgaard’s The Third Realm is a breathtaking novel about ordinary lives on the cusp of irrevocable change.

PRAISE FOR THE THIRD REALM

‘A visionary epic. . . an exemplary masterclass in what fiction can offer’ Guardian

‘One of the most genuinely suspenseful, alluring books I’ve ever read. . . This book made me afraid of the dark again.’ Brandon Taylor, Washington Post

‘Unsettling, disturbing and riveting. . . as accessible and creepy as anything by Stephen King and as addictive as your favourite TV drama series. There is no writer I would rather devour’ Spectator
PRAISE FOR KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD:

‘Addictive’ Daily Telegraph

‘Knausgaard retains the ability to lock you, as if in a tractor beam, into his storytelling’ New York Times

‘Casts an existential spell. . . captivating’ Financial Times

Publisher Review

As throughout the series, Knausgaard is using everyday people to explore knotty questions about God's existence, our need for spiritual connection, and the fine line between religious devotion and mental illness . . . Readers who come to this book first will find an entertaining story about people sorting through spiritual, domestic, and emotional confusion. But those who've read the prior novels will get a deeper sense of just how fascinating, frustrating, and unknowable we can be to each other, and the consequences of that disconnection. * Kirkus (starred review) * I read The Morning Star compulsively, and stayed awake all night after finishing it -- Brandon Taylor, on The Morning Star Brilliant storytelling... Epic * Independent, on The Morning Star * Grippingly crafted storytelling... prose that is keenly aware of the value of suspense and surprise... [The Morning Star] has that beguiling, elusively compulsive quality that Knausgaard seems to have made his own. * Observer, on The Morning Star * [An] enormously compelling book... The range of subjects The Wolves of Eternity explores is fascinating * Sunday Times, on The Wolves of Eternity *