"Nothing is as it first seems in John Ajvide Lindqvist's uncanny and utterly engrossing horror novel I Am Behind You .Lindqvist ( Let the Right One In , Little Star ) has been compared by several critics with Stephen King, and here it's easy to see why. Like the American horror master, Lindqvist draws characters with fascinating interiors and believable histories.Imaginative and complexly structured, I Am Behind You is an outstanding work of oddball, literary horror." -- Shelf Awarensess (starred review) "In an exercise recalling Stephen King's Under the Dome (2009), Lindqvist, an author capable of imbuing his terrifying tales with heavy doses of emotion, crash-lands characters into an absurd situation--and then lets chaos reign.the results are chilling." -- Booklist "Ambitious." -- Publishers Weekly Praise for John Ajvide Lindqvist: "Sweden's Stephen King.

" -- The Washington Post "One of the hottest writers in the horror genre." -- Mystery Scene "A unique and humanistic take on the undead that has a place alongside thoughtful horror novels like World War Z." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "A future horror classic and a firm pronouncement that John Ajvide Lindqvist is a force to reckoned with. Brilliant. A true horror story." --MTV.com "As good a horror novel as I've read all year.Truly establishes Lindqvist as a horror heavyweight.

Intermittently touching, disturbing, and horrifying." --BloodyDisgusting.com "Sweden's answer to Stephen King." -- Daily Mirror (UK).