The Unhappy Medium

Meet Newton Barlow. Skeptical, cool, outspoken.
And wrong. Very, very wrong.

TV boffin, Dr Newton Barlow likes his world rational, his universe ordered, and his life cleansed of every last trace of superstition.

So, when his reputation is trashed, his life stolen and his universe rendered catastrophically pear-shaped, the last thing he wants to discover is that the spirit world he has spent his whole life rubbishing is not only laughably real, it’s about to give him an offer he is in no position to refuse.

Barlow finds himself pitched into a surreal supernatural battle between good and evil; an epoch-trotting clash between the living and the dead, a nail-biting struggle where the protagonists are as peculiar as they are incompetent.

Can Dr Barlow forget everything he ever believed in to save this world… and the next?

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Different, Stunning, WOW!’

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘A very funny book, in the spirit of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's Good Omens, or Christopher Moore. … a rollicking finish.’

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘If you enjoy a tremendous, imaginative, story, told with passion and affection, and if you like laughing until your face aches, your stomach hurts, and your face is wet with tears, then you must buy this book. You will not regret it.’

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Ghosts, purgatory, pure evil, theoretical physics and greedy developers – all served up with a wonderful sense of humor and style. What's not to like?’

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Wow. Amazing read. What an imagination. The first page grabs you and doesn't let go. Newton Barlow is an unforgettable character. Highly recommended.’