Ararat

By Christopher Golden,

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*Winner of the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel*

New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden's writing is 'the real deal' (Stephen King) and this heart-pounding supernatural thriller will thrill and fascinate in equal measure.

'Golden puts it all together with tremendous skill and a gleeful relish' - Financial…

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Such a great premise. An earthquake unearths  a hidden cave, inside Mount Ararat, in Turkey. A newlywed couple wants to be one of the first to investigate. And what do they find inside the cave? A buried ancient ship that may be Noah’s Ark. So of course they end up trapped.

While all of my choices in this list have echoes of The Thing, this one might come the closest to that feeling of being trapped, as a mysterious evil is awoken. Thrilling, terrifying, this is a chilling masterpiece—with so many key elements for horror—Lovecraftian vibes, the paranormal, Satanic…

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It’s Seb’s last day working in Turkey, but his friend Oz has been cursed. Superstition turns to terror as the effects of the ancient malediction spill over, and the lives of Oz and his family hang in the balance. Can Seb find the answers to remove the hex before it’s…

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