The Rapture
Liz Jensen
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A cerebral climate-fiction thriller and a publishing sensation on its initial release, Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel is a spectacular exploration of faith and devotion in a world on the brink of collapse
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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.
“An end-of-days blockbuster to haunt your nightmares … Unputdownable”
the Times
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“A gripping psychological thriller with a gothic flavour”
daily Telegraph
“This is a wonderfully unsettling psychological thriller … An oddly beautiful journey into the darkest corners of the human soul”
mail On Sunday
”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”
guardian
“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
Liz Jensen
Liz 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.
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