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A stunningly good debut … that will keep readers up all night Steven Galloway, author of the Cellist of Sarajevo The novel has at its lodestone Brideshead Revisited. Donna Tartt s The Secret History is also in the DNA here … Readers will find themselves transfixed by this richly drawn cast of characters Independent Bright, bookish Oscar Lowe has grown to love the quiet routine of his life as a care assistant at a Cambridge nursing home, until the fateful day when he is lured into King s College chapel by the otherworldly sound of an organ. There he meets and falls in love with Iris Bellwether and her privileged, eccentric clique, led by her brother Eden. A troubled but charismatic music prodigy, Eden convinces his sister and their friends to participate in a series of disturbing experiments. However, as the line between genius and madness begins to blur, Oscar fears that danger could await them all … Benjamin Wood s brilliant debut novel will delight fans of The Secret History and Never Let Me Go. Praise for The Bellwether Revivals: Read it. Quite a debut Patrick Neate Suffused with intelligence and integrity Guardian Effortlessly vivid … Wood s confident, sometimes creepy novel draws you in … and then, once you re inside, holds on, ever tightening the grip Independent on Sunday There s more than a hint of Donna Tartt s The Secret History about this novel … highly effective Daily Mail