The Third Realm Book 3
By Karl Ove Knausgaard

Ferociously readable. . . I still can't get enough'and The TimesIf no one ever died, what would happen then?For several days, a bright new star in the sky above Norway has blazed over the restless lives of those below. Tove, an artist, is consumed by intense creativity as she spirals towards psychosis. Line falls in love with a musician named Valdemar and is lured to a secret death metal gig in a remote forest. Geir, a policeman, is investigating a ritual murder but chances upon something more horrifying even than the bodies in the trees - the last bodies he sees, because, as undertaker Syvert is the first to realise, people have stopped dying since the star appeared.What is haunting the world - and why?As profound as it is thrilling, Karl Ove Knausgaard'sand The Third Realmand is a breathtaking novel about ordinary lives on the cusp of irrevocable change.PRAISE FORand THE THIRD REALM A visionary epic. . .and an exemplary masterclass in what fiction can offer'and Guardian One of the most genuinely suspenseful, alluring books I've ever read. . .and This book made me afraid of the dark again.' Brandon Taylor,and Washington Post Unsettling, disturbing and riveting. . .and as accessible and creepy as anything by Stephen King and as addictive as your favourite TV drama series.and There is no writer I would rather devour'and SpectatorPRAISE FOR KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD:'Addictive'and Daily Telegraph'Knausgaard retains the ability to lock you, as if in a tractor beam, into his storytelling'and New York Times Casts an existential spell. . . captivating'and Financial Times