'A haunting campus novel about the perils of ambition, the inexorable appeal of magic, and the delicious feeling of being chosen, And He Shall Appear is as stunning as it is unsettling. With sparkling prose and devilishly skillful storytelling, Van Der Borgh's debut left me unnerved and enchanted-a contemporary gothic masterpiece' Katy Hays, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Cloisters 'A beautiful and haunting examination of toxic friendships' Heather Darwent, Sunday Times bestselling author The Things We Do to Our Friends 'A darkly intricate, disturbing novel wound tightly with infatuation, devotion and magic' Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb 'A darkly glamorous debut' Guardian 'An eerie, deeply disturbing tale that is as mesmerizing as it is provocative' Starred Booklist Review 'A darkly glittering tale of longing, obsession, power and magic. Enthralling and genuinely unsettling, it transported me to beautiful, shadowy quads where nothing can be trusted' Hazel Barkworth, author of Heatstroke 'Dark academia, class prejudice, obsession, the occult, moments of genuine horror - I loved this beguiling and sensual debut. The shifting tensions and timelines, together with a deliciously unreliable narrative voice left me giddy and mesmerised. Dark, disturbing and dazzling - I was completely under its spell' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body 'Unsettling and richly atmospheric, And He Shall Appear is a bacchanalian campus noir that will keep you up at night wondering what is a trick and what we choose not to see. I loved this tense tale of intoxication, infatuation and friendship, where Saltburn meets The Secret History with a wholly original splash of the occult hiding in the shadows of Cambridge' Aube Rey Lescure, author of River East, River West 'The dread creeps up like a spectre over your shoulder in this haunting debut that echoes notes of M. R. James down the shadowy halls of modern academia' Brian McAuley, author of Curse of the Reaper and Candy Cain Kills.