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

Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn't possibly get any worse.

With limited experience between them, a shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. 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. 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 with one another. This suitably foreboding opening sentence. Something responsible for the bestial presence that follows their every step. Martin’s Griffin, 14.99 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-4-9 And on the second day things did not get better.

Ancient artefacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the dry floors.

Store in a dry, safe place, beyond the reach of children. 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. Adam Nevill AdamLGNevill British writer of horror fiction, enthusiast of horror culture and intense music.

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