The Deadsoul Project

Name: The Deadsoul Project
Brand: HarperCollins New Zealand
SKU: 9780008700492
Price: 19.99 NZD
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By Dan Smith

Series: The Night House Files

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Master of sci-fi horror Dan Smith delivers an action-packed adventure as secret organisation The Night House exposes the terrifying truth behind the Alpine Heights disaster. Kyle and Lauren Dempsey believe their soldier stepdad is dead, killed in action in Northern Ireland. But then he turns up... Read More

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Master of sci-fi horror Dan Smith delivers an action-packed adventure as secret organisation The Night House exposes the terrifying truth behind the Alpine Heights disaster.

A Times Children’s Book of the Week

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Master of sci-fi horror Dan Smith delivers an action-packed adventure as secret organisation The Night House exposes the terrifying truth behind the Alpine Heights disaster.

Kyle and Lauren Dempsey believe their soldier stepdad is dead, killed in action in Northern Ireland. But then he turns up at their flat in the Alpine Heights tower block, terrifyingly changed.

One day later, a mysterious virus seems to be running rampant through the building and many residents are dead.

Nobody has ever discovered what really happened – until now …

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008700492

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 February 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd

Illustration: 10 b/w, illus

Contributors:

Illustrated by Luke Brookes

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 192

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Dan Smith is the award-winning and bestselling author of books for both children and adults. His children's titles, which include My Friend the Enemy and Boy X, have won him numerous accolades including the Coventry Inspiration Book Award, the Essex Book Award, and nominations for the Branford Boase Award and the Young Quills Award. Dan lives in Newcastle with his family.

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