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Livet i en sektPå en vindfull og tåket øy i den svenske skjærgården har en New Age-bevegelse slått seg ned på en stor eiendom. Deres karismatiske leder, Franz Oswald, har utviklet en livsfilosofi, kalt ViaTerra. Teorien gjenoppretter sjelens ro og kroppens naturlige balanse. Bevegelsen har en sterk tiltrekningskraft på kjendiser og mennesker i maktposisjoner.Sofia Bauman, som akkurat er ferdig med sin universitetsutdannelse, blir fascinert av Oswalds filosofi. Hun er usikker på hva hun vil gjøre med livet sitt, og sjarmert av Oswald aksepterer hun hans tilbudet som bibliotekar. Etter hvert oppdager hun at det foregår mye som ikke tåler dagens lys, og hun lurer hun på om hun er blitt dratt inn i en sekt. Hun angrer på at hun tok jobben og ønsker å dra hjem, men Oswald styrer med jernhånd, og det er satt opp elektrisk gjerde rundt hele eiendommen.Veien tilbake til et normalt liv blir langsomt til et mareritt. For ingen har noensinne forlatt ViaTerra. «Like spennende som den mest intense thriller.» Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter«Neglebiting garantert.» Aftonbladet

'I loved it...terrifying' Lisa HallFlowers in the Attic meets The Girls: a gripping combination of fear, sexual tension and lethal fascination.The deadliest trap is the one you don't see...Sofia has just finished university and ended a troubled relationship when she attends a lecture about a New Age movement, Via Terra. Its leader is Franz Oswald, young, good-looking, urbane and mesmerizing.When Sofia meets Franz Oswald, the handsome, charming leader of a mysterious New Age movement, she's dazzled and intrigued. Visiting his headquarters on Fog Island, Sofia's struck by the beautiful mansion overlooking the sea, the gardens, the sense of peace and the purposefulness of the people who live there. And she can't ignore the attraction she feels for Franz.So she agrees to stay, just for a while. But as summer gives way to winter, and the dense fog from which the island draws its name sets in, it becomes clear that Franz rules the island with an iron fist. No phones or computers are allowed. Contact with the mainland is severed. Electric fences surround the grounds. And Sofia begins to realize how very alone she is and that no one ever leaves Fog Island...Praise for Fog Island:'I loved it - tense and atmospheric, slowly drawing the reader in to a reality that is utterly terrifying.' Lisa Hall, bestselling author of THE PARTY'Chillingly authentic' The Guardian'An interesting exposition of the psychology and the insidious methods that govern cults' Daily Mail'A vivid crime novel' The Express'This intense thriller completely grips you from the off' HEAT'An intense, terrifying, and utterly believable journey into the shadowy world of cult leaders and cult members. A just-one-more-page thriller that will have you reading late into the night and holding your breath until the very end. I loved it!' Karen Dionne, internationally bestselling author of HOME'Gripping from start to finish.' NetGalley Reviewer'This book is hauntingly superb.' Goodreads Reviewer'I could not put it down until the very end.' NetGalley Reviewer