The Rapture
- 16 Jul 2026
- 9781837266074
- £10.99
- 352 pp
- 135×204mm
- 18 Jun 2026
- 9781837266081
- £8.79
- 352 pp
In a few words
Now a major five-part psychological thriller on BBC One, adapted from Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel of the same name
In a few words
Now a major five-part psychological thriller on BBC One, adapted from Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel of the same name
An end-of-days blockbuster to haunt your nightmares . . . Unputdownable
A gripping psychological thriller with a gothic flavour
An end-of-days blockbuster to haunt your nightmares . . . Unputdownable
A gripping psychological thriller with a gothic flavour
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NOW A MAJOR BBC SERIES STARRING RUTH MADELEY, SAM HAZELDINE, RUTH JONES, INDIA AMARTEIFIO, STEPHEN CAMPBELL MOORE AND IWAN RHEON
‘Unputdownable’ The Times
‘You’ll be gripped’ IRVINE WELSH
‘This is storytelling at its rapturous best’ Daily Mail
Psychologist Gabrielle is recovering from a devastating car crash when she takes on a job at a maximum-security facility for juvenile patients. Here she meets Bethany, a cruel teenager who insists she can predict natural disasters.
Gabrielle dismisses Bethany’s visions. But when global catastrophes begin to happen as predicted, Gabrielle is forced to question everything.
Liz Jensen’s haunting thriller explores the extremes of mankind’s self-destruction in a world on the brink of collapse.
More about
the book
NOW A MAJOR BBC SERIES STARRING RUTH MADELEY, SAM HAZELDINE, RUTH JONES, INDIA AMARTEIFIO, STEPHEN CAMPBELL MOORE AND IWAN RHEON
‘Unputdownable’ The Times
‘You’ll be gripped’ IRVINE WELSH
‘This is storytelling at its rapturous best’ Daily Mail
Psychologist Gabrielle is recovering from a devastating car crash when she takes on a job at a maximum-security facility for juvenile patients. Here she meets Bethany, a cruel teenager who insists she can predict natural disasters.
Gabrielle dismisses Bethany’s visions. But when global catastrophes begin to happen as predicted, Gabrielle is forced to question everything.
Liz Jensen’s haunting thriller explores the extremes of mankind’s self-destruction in a world on the brink of collapse.
This is a wonderfully unsettling psychological thriller . . . An oddly beautiful journey into the darkest corners of the human soul
The Rapture managed to get right under my skin. If there was ever a book that should be read by lots of people then this is it
A masterclass on how to write an engaging thriller about a relevant contemporary issue while still respecting the reader’s brain cells . . . You’ll be gripped
Irvine Welsh
Deliciously apocalyptic and jammed full of ideas, this is storytelling at its rapturous best
This is a wonderfully unsettling psychological thriller . . . An oddly beautiful journey into the darkest corners of the human soul
The Rapture managed to get right under my skin. If there was ever a book that should be read by lots of people then this is it
A masterclass on how to write an engaging thriller about a relevant contemporary issue while still respecting the reader’s brain cells . . . You’ll be gripped
Irvine Welsh
Deliciously apocalyptic and jammed full of ideas, this is storytelling at its rapturous best
Liz Jensen
View profileLiz Jensen is the author of eight acclaimed novels including The Ninth Life of Louis Drax, War Crimes for the Home and The Uninvited, and the grief memoir Your Wild and Precious Life. Her work has been adapted for film, TV and theatre, and has been translated into twenty-five languages. She lives in Copenhagen.
@LizJensenWriter | lizjensen.com
Liz Jensen
View profileLiz Jensen is the author of eight acclaimed novels including The Ninth Life of Louis Drax, War Crimes for the Home and The Uninvited, and the grief memoir Your Wild and Precious Life. Her work has been adapted for film, TV and theatre, and has been translated into twenty-five languages. She lives in Copenhagen.
@LizJensenWriter | lizjensen.com
