The Ritual

Resumen del libro

The new horror from a rising star of the macabre . . .

It was the dead thing they found hanging from a tree that changed the trip beyond recognition.

When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise.

A shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, things couldn't possibly get any worse.

But then they stumble across an old habitation. Ancient artefacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the floors. The residue of old rites for something that still exists in the forest. Something responsible for the bestial presence that follows their every step. And as the four friends stagger in the direction of salvation, they learn that death doesn't come easy among these ancient trees . . .

Biografía del autor

Adam L. G. Nevill nació en Birmingham, Reino Unido, en 1969 y se crió en ese mismo país y en Nueva Zelanda. También es el autor de Apartamento 16 y Banquet for the Damned, una original novela de terror sobrenatural inspirada en M. R. James y la tradición del relato inglés de fantasmas. Ha desempeñado diversos trabajos a lo largo de su vida, entre ellos el de vigilante nocturno y portero de día de 2000 a 2004 en los exclusivos apartamentos del West London. Sigue viviendo en Londres y se puede contactar con él a través de su web www.adamlgnevill.com