Stefan Spjut

What if something is out there? This is a haunting supernatural thriller for fans of Let the Right One In, The Passage and Salem's Lot. "I was enthralled form the very first page...the words seems to sparkle on the page." (Karl Ove Knausgaard). In the summer of 1978 a young boy disappears without trace from a summer cabin in the woods. His mother claims that he was abducted by a giant. The boy is never found. The previous year, over in a Swedish National Park, a wildlife photographer takes a strange picture from his small airplane, of a bear running over the marshes. On its back sits a creature, which the photographer claims is something extraordinary. Twenty-five years later, and back in Laponia, Susso runs a much-maligned web page, one dedicated to searching for creatures whose existence have not yet been proven: the Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot. But Susso has her own obsession, one inherited from her grandfather, the well-known wildlife photographer. When an old woman claims that a small creature has been standing outside her house, observing her and her five year old grandson for hours, Susso picks up her camera and leaves for what will become a terrifying adventure into the unknown...

Ocultos, de Stefan Spjut, es una novela inquietante en la línea de l mejor Stephen King y Déjame entrar. Una obra de gran calidad atmosférica, por su trama inquietante y su suspense. Una novela atípica, con un brillante cruce de géneros, que se sirve de criaturas fantásticas para ahondar en la condición humana. Ocultos hará las delicias de los amantes de las novelas de intriga y misterio y del género de novela negra. Stefan Spjut publicó su primera novela, Fiskarens garn, en 2008. Ocultos será publicada en doce países y llevada al cine por el productor de Déjame entrar.Lo desconocido nunca ha estado tan cerca. Verano de 1978. Durante unas vacaciones en los bosques de Dalecarlia, Suecia, un niño desaparece sin dejar rastro. Su madre insiste en que un gigante se lo llevó. Pero nadie le cree. 1987, Parque Nacional de Sarek, Laponia. Un fotógrafo naturalista toma una extraña foto desde su avioneta. La imagen muestra a un oso corriendo por la llanura con una criatura agarrada a su espalda. A un primer golpe de vista, se diría que es un niño, pero una observación más detenida muestra algo desconcertante: su cuerpo está cubierto de pelo y luce una larga cola. Se asemeja a un mono, pero está claro que no lo es. No es un ser humano, pero tampoco un animal conocido. 2004, Kiruna, Laponia. Susso dirige una página web sobre criptozoología dedicada a la búsqueda de seres cuya existencia no ha sido probada, como el Yeti o el monstruo del lago Ness. Un interés que heredó de su abuelo, un conocido fotógrafo. Cuando una mujer alega haber visto a una criatura inquietante frente a su casa observando a su nieto de cinco años, Susso toma su cámara dispuesta a resolver el misterio.

A terrifying supernatural thriller for fans of Let the Right One In, The Passage, and The Loney. "Very scary. Never mind Scandi crime fiction, the time has come for Scandi horror." (Metro). "Ratchets up the tension to an almost unbearable level ...Astonishing." (Independent on Sunday, Books of the Year). In the late 1970s, a young boy disappears from a summer cabin in the Swedish woods. His mother claims that he was abducted by a giant. The boy is never found. Twenty-five years later, an old woman claims that a creature has been standing outside her house, observing her and her five year old grandson for hours. When Susso - a blogger who's dedicated her life to the search for creatures whose existences have not been proved - hears of this, and sees a possible link between the two incidents, she takes to the road on a terrifying adventure into the unknown.