Trollnight

Creatures from a glacial hell, the whites of their eyes bulged red with bloodlust... When American scientist Tony Stevens hears that his young sister Ann has been killed in a skiing accident in Oslo, he refuses to believe it. She hated heights, would never risk descending the treacherous glacier slopes so rapidly – unless she was fleeing for her life. On arriving in Norway, he learns that Ann had been working with an archaeology team excavating a pre-Christian burial site in the frozen wilderness of Trolltinder. Something terrible has been disturbed – surrounding villages are in uproar, fear and superstition cloud the air like a mist of chilling malevolence. And Tony realises that whatever it is out there that devoured his sister has picked up his scent, and is poised to wreak its ancient vengeance once again... Praise for Peter Tremayne: ‘Tremayne is an absolutely gorgeous read, especially on a dark winter’s night . . .’ - Dublin Sunday Press 'Peter Tremayne is established as one of Britain’s leading horror fantasy writers.' – Retail Newsagent 'He brings to the writing of fantasy detail and dedication . . . scrupulous skill . . .' – Space Voyager English author Peter Tremayne started his career as a newspaper reporter and editor. Widely respected for his non-fiction work in language studies, Celtic history and mythology, Tremayne’s first novel was published in 1977. He has since written 28 bóoks, and his titles with Venture Press include Nicor!, Snowbeast! and The Curse of Loch Ness.

About the Author

Peter Tremayne is the fiction-writing pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis, the leading Celtic scholar. Born of Anglo-Irish parents in Coventry, England, and taking his degrees in Celtic studies, he has published over a score of books in the field of Celtic studies. These include ""The Ancient World of the Celts ""(1998), ""The Celtic Empire ""(1990), ""Celtic Women ""(1995), ""Celt and roman ""(1998), ""Hell or Connaught: the Cromwellian Colonisation of Ireland ""(1975), ""A Dictionary of Irish Mythology ""(1987), ""The Celtic Chronicle: Retellings of Celtic Myths and Legends ""(1999) among others. He has received numerous awards and honors for his work, which has been translated into more than a dozen European languages as well as Japanese. He began writing fiction as peter Tremayne in 1977, mainly in the field of heroic and supernatural fantasy, using Celtic myth and legend as background. His Lan-Kern sword and sorcery trilogy (1980-1983) and books such as ""Raven of Destiny ""(1984), ""Ravenmoon ""[US title: ""Bloodmist""] (1988) and ""Island of Shadows ""(1991) secured his reputation in the genre. No less than half a dozen of his short stories have been chosen to appear in collections of ""Great Irish Stories ""and his own collection of stories, ""Aisling and Other Irish Tales of Terror ""(1992), won high literary praise. He began to write Sister Fidelma mysteries in 1993 primarily to illustrate the role of women as lawyers in seventh-century Ireland. The stories have attracted to a wide following on both sides of the Atlantic and in translation.

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