THE DISCIPLE is the terrifying new thriller from the author of Radio 2 Book Club pick THE STRING DIARIES - for readers who loved THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS and Stephen King's THE STAND.
Stephen Lloyd Jones - author of THE STRING DIARIES - returns with a richly-imagined thrill ride that will leave fans of Lauren Beukes and Sarah Lotz reeling.
Driving home across the dark mountain roads of Snowdonia, Edward Schwinn encounters a horrific road accident. In the back of a mangled 4x4 he finds one survivor: a woman, heavily pregnant, handcuffed and bound.
The woman begs Edward to hide her in his isolated cabin and, after a night of terrifying occurrences, she goes into labour. When events take a tragic turn, Edward Schwinn finds himself surrogate father to a girl with seemingly inexplicable gifts, and a fugitive on the run from forces he does not understand.
Something is hunting the child, and it is an evil beyond measure. Once it reveals its face, nothing will be the same again.
Not for Edward. Not for any who live to see it.
The String Diaries is edge-of-the-seat-turn-on-all-the-lights-lock-the-doors-and-cancel-all-appointments brilliant
