Description
Four friends embark on a hiking trip in the remote Scandinavian wilderness, seeking an escape from their everyday lives and a chance to reconnect. However, simmering tensions and a fateful decision to take a shortcut quickly plunge them into a desperate struggle for survival. Lost and disoriented in an ancient, unforgiving forest, they stumble upon a disturbing relic of a forgotten past, hinting at dark rituals and a malevolent presence that stalks their every move. As they fight to find their way back to civilization, they discover that the true horror lies not just in the wilderness, but in the ancient evil that has awakened.
Available Editions
paperback
Pan Publishing
Published May 1, 2011
368 pages
ISBN: 9780230754928
paperback
St. Martin's Griffin
Published Jan 1, 2012
435 pages
ISBN: 9780312641849
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So creepy it gave me nightmares; <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Ritual-Adam-Nevill/9781447263418" target="new"><i>The Ritual</i></a> tells of four old university friends, hiking in the Scandinavian wilderness. With two of them struggling and all of them feeling frustrated and tried, they try a shortcut in the hopes of cutting their hike short, which results in them becoming lost in untouched forest. A forest where a bestial presence stalks their every move.
Details
First Published
2011
Language
eng
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