Liam Higginson The Hill in the Dark Grove review and information of the content of the first novel by the Welsh writer. Picador will publish the Liam Higginson debutnovel, on January 8, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

Liam Higginson The Hill in the Dark Grove reviews

• “Evocative, tender, terrifying … Superb.” (Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies)
• “A hypnotic tale of twisted folklore that won’t let go.” (Scott Preston, author of The Borrowed Hills)
• “Powerful, inventive and gripping to the very end” (Ian McGuire, author of The North Water)
• “Liam Higginson is a new talent in Welsh storytelling; atmospheric, chilling and incredibly touching, The Hill in the Dark Grove holds the reader in its arms, and shows us how our stories, our objects and memories, are shaped and held by the land.” (Joshua Jones, author of Local Fires)
• “Gracefully and lovingly rendered with the heft of folklore, land and history, The Hill in the Dark Grove evokes, in dazzling detail, the tribulations of everyday life and the grandeur of ancestry. Higginson takes us on a soul-stirring quest to unearth the past in order to anchor the present before it flitters away. A truly bewitching experience!” (Gerardo Sámano Córdova, author of Monstrilio)

The Hill in the Dark Grove

• Author: Liam Higginson (Wales)
• Book type: Welsh novel
• Publisher: Picador
• To be released: January 8, 2026
• Length: 304 pages
• Format: hardback / ebook / audiobook
• Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb over the Liam Higginson novel

Moving and chilling, The Hill in the Dark Grove is a story about a lost way of life and the terrifying lengths we go to to protect what we know.

Carwyn and Rhian – the last in a long line of sheep farmers – are living out a brutal year on their hillside farm, deep in the mountains of North Wales.

When Carwyn discovers a buried prehistoric ruin in one of the fields on their land, his curiosity quickly descends into obsession. His wife, Rhian, meanwhile, is confronted with the growing realization that the man with whom she shares her life and home is becoming a frightening stranger.

As the harsh winter closes in, Rhian finds herself alone with her increasingly unrecognizable husband, and the mountains, and the looming megalithic stones.

Liam Higginson was born and raised in rural North Wales and lives in Llandudno with his wife. The Hill in the Dark Grove is his debut novel.

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