The Deadsoul Project - by Dan Smith (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

The first in a terrifying new series, master of sci-fi Dan Smith delivers an action-packed adventure as secret organisation The Night House exposes the horrifying truth behind the Alpine Heights disaster. In 1977, the Alpine Heights tower block where Kyle Dempsey and his sister Lauren live with their mum and stepdad becomes the site of a horrific infestation. Believing their stepdad, Connor, to have been killed in action in Northern Ireland, Kyle and Lauren are shocked to find him at home in their flat. But Connor is changed. Following a secret military experiment, he has been infected with some kind of alien life form, which is using him as a host to infect the other residents of the tower block with gruesome results.

Review Quotes

"A chilling horror/sci-fi rollercoaster ... the X-Files meets Alien ... I think I may have held my breath for the entire duration." -- Phil Hickes

"X-Files for a new generation ... The setting and set up are the perfect starting points for such a chilling tale, and it built to a climax so tense that I held my breath for what seemed like longer than humanly possible." -- Jennifer Killick

"Reads like a classic sci-fi horror and was full of moments that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up - especially the ending!" - Cynthia Murphy

"Fantastically creepy! Fans of Wranglestone and the Dread Wood series will love this. A pulse-pounding start to a brilliant new series." -- Kat Ellis

"Genuinely creepy and strange thriller, combining horror and sci-fi to great effect. I was hooked from the first couple of pages. Reminded me (fondly) of the paranoid sci-fi of the 1970s in which it is partly set." -- Chris Priestley

"The Deadsoul Project is a relentlessly gripping thriller that had me transfixed from beginning to end. It's ingenious, brilliant and terrifying." -- Jonathan Stroud

"I love to be scared and creeped out and, with The Deadsoul Project, Dan Smith has provided this by the bucketload! And, oh my goodness - the tension! Interestingly constructed using prose and formal reporting, and moving back and forth through decades, this chilling read has elements of The X-Files, Doctor Who and more. Historical fiction with a terrifying difference!" -- Lesley Parr

"Punk-era creature feature, with a similar vibe to Stranger Things ... a thrilling read that pits kids against alien bodysnatchers, weaving together its three timelines with a satisfying conclusion." -- INIS Magazine

"Smith turns up the thrills to maximum in this fast-moving, terrifying and compulsive read that mixes a sort of X-Files vibe with monster transformations that sit somewhere between Alien and Dracula." -- The Letterpress Project

About the Author

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.