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The Night House Files
The Night House Files (Book 1)
- Author
- Dan Smith
- Narrator
- Thomas Delacourt
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 13 February 2025
- Run Time
- 2 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures
What to expect
Master of sci-fi horror Dan Smith delivers an action-packed adventure as secret organisation The Night House exposes the terrifying truth behind the Alpine Heights disaster.
Kyle and Lauren Dempsey believe their soldier stepdad is dead, killed in action in Northern Ireland. But then he turns up at their flat in the Alpine Heights tower block, terrifying changed.
One day later, a mysterious virus seems to be running rampant through the building and many residents are dead.
Nobody has ever discovered what really happened – until now …
Critics Review
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"A chilling horror/sci-fi rollercoaster … the X-Files meets Alien … I think I may have held my breath for the entire duration." — Phil Hickes
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"X-Files for a new generation … The setting and set up are the perfect starting points for such a chilling tale, and it built to a climax so tense that I held my breath for what seemed like longer than humanly possible." — Jennifer Killick
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"Reads like a classic sci-fi horror and was full of moments that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up – especially the ending!" – Cynthia Murphy
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"Genuinely creepy and strange thriller, combining horror and sci-fi to great effect. I was hooked from the first couple of pages. Reminded me (fondly) of the paranoid sci-fi of the 1970s in which it is partly set." — Chris Priestley
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"The Deadsoul Project is a relentlessly gripping thriller that had me transfixed from beginning to end. It’s ingenious, brilliant and terrifying." — Jonathan Stroud
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"Interestingly constructed using prose and formal reporting, and moving back and forth through decades, this chilling read has elements of The X-Files, Doctor Who and more. Historical fiction with a terrifying difference!" — Lesley Parr
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"The perfect balance of thrills and chills … It's a little bit The X-Files, a little bit Stephen King-lite and a lot of frightening fun." – The Times Children's Book of the Week
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"Mystery, conspiracies, gore and horror make for a tense and compulsive story. An attention-grabbing read, not for the faint of heart." – Irish Examiner
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"Punk-era creature feature, with a similar vibe to Stranger Things … a thrilling read that pits kids against alien bodysnatchers, weaving together its three timelines with a satisfying conclusion." — INIS Magazine
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"Smith turns up the thrills to maximum in this fast-moving, terrifying and compulsive read that mixes a sort of X-Files vibe with monster transformations that sit somewhere between Alien and Dracula." — The Letterpress Project
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Details
- Author
- Dan Smith
- Narrator
- Thomas Delacourt
- Duration
- 2 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9780008747725
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures
Synopsis
Master of sci-fi horror Dan Smith delivers an action-packed adventure as secret organisation The Night House exposes the terrifying truth behind the Alpine Heights disaster. Kyle and Lauren Dempsey believe their soldier stepdad is dead, killed in action in Northern Ireland. But then he turns up at their flat in the Alpine Heights tower block, terrifying changed. One day later, a mysterious virus seems to be running rampant through the building and many residents are dead. Nobody has ever discovered what really happened – until now …
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