Bráðin

Bráðin The Prey

A search and rescue team is sent into the remote and isolated Icelandic highlands to search for a group of missing people. What compelled them to enter the area in the middle of the harsh winter, into darkness and snowstorms? And why did they leave what little shelter they had, underdressed and vulnerable to the harsh conditions?

Meanwhile at the isolated radar station in Stokksnes, strange events take place. Here nothing is what it seems. Be it the pool of blood discovered in the pristine snow far from civilization, a small children’s shoe unearthed after being buried for decades or the gaping black hole in the bedrock by the sea that seems to attract people…

The Prey is a blood-curling and unnerving novel, guaranteed to make you shiver. In this stunning stand-alone thriller, Yrsa Sigurdardottir proves once again that “she is a generator of fear quite as adroit as such writers as Stephen King” (The Independent).

Awards

The Blood Drop (Best Crime Fiction) Iceland 2021
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Reviews

  • “Terrifying and edge-of-your-seat thrilling Icelandic horror.”

    ★★★★★

    Politiken, Denmark

  • “An excellent and grim suspense story.”

    ★★★★★

    Jyllands-Posten, Denmark

  • “Yrsa Sigurdardottir has accomplished a well-constructed and enigmatic crime novel, where she in an effective succession pulls one hair-raising scene after another out of the drawer, full of mystical and anxiety inducing details.”

    ★★★★

    Belingske, Denmark

  • “Yrsa is on a roll this year. /…/ She’s on fire in this novel. /…/ Yrsa does a fantastic job of raising the horror and creepiness levels without ever going too far.”

    Kiljan TV, Iceland

  • The atmosphere is like a geyser erupting. At first everything seems calm, then it begins to simmer, then boil, and finally the walls come down and all hell breaks loose. The Prey may cause you sleepless nights. The story is thrilling and well-constructed, the premise scary and chilling.

    Morgunblaðið, Iceland

  • “All of the various storyline threads are extremely suspenseful and gripping, leaving the reader’s nerves on edge. /…/ This is a ghostly and spellbinding thriller that is hard to put down.”

    Fréttablaðið, Iceland

Author
Photo: Lilja Birgisdóttir Yrsa Sigurdardóttir
Published
2020
Genre
  • Thriller
Pages
302
Reading material

Icelandic edition

Rights sold

Albania, Shkupi

Bulgaria, Emas

Czech Republic, Metafora/Grada

Denmark, Lindhardt og Ringhof

France, Actes Sud

Germany, Btb

Greece, Metaixmio

Hungary, Animus

Iceland, Veröld

Netherlands, Cargo

Portugal, Quetzal

Romania, Trei

Serbia, Dokaz

UK, Hodder & Stoughton

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