A Cold Silence
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| Author | Alison Littlewood |
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| Language | English |
| Genres | Fantasy, horror |
| Publisher | Jo Fletcher Books |
Publication date | September 2015 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Trade paperback |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 978-1-84866-992-5 |
| Preceded by | A Cold Season |
A Cold Silence is a fantasy and horror novel by English writer Alison Littlewood. It is the sequel to her debut novel, A Cold Season (2012), and was first published in the United Kingdom in September 2015 by Jo Fletcher Books. It is about a group of friends from the sinister village of Darnshaw who investigate the deaths of several people who had played a computer game called Archeron.
A Cold Silence was shortlisted for the 2016 British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel (August Derleth Award).[1]
After managing to flee the sinister village of Darnshaw with her son Ben in A Cold Season, Cass is alarmed twenty years later when Ben announces that he wants to return to the village. Jessica, a childhood friend of his has died and Ben wants to attend her funeral. Cass forbids him from going back because of the trauma she and a younger Ben endured there. But he goes anyway.
In Darnshaw, Ben meets up with some of his old friends, and learns that Jessica had committed suicide after playing a computer game called Archeron. They discover that the game draws on the occult and will grant you your wishes, provided you give it what it asks for. After they learn that the game had resulted in the deaths of several other young people, Ben and his friends visit the London offices of the game's developers to get answers as to what is happening.
