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    The Hungry Moon

    By Ramsey Campbell

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    "In every respect, Campbell's best." - Kirkus Reviews


    Isolated on the moors of northern England, the town of Moonwell has remained faithful to their Druid traditions and kept their old rituals alive. Right-wing evangelist Godwin Mann isn’t about to let that continue, and his intolerant brand of fundamentalism has struck a chord with the residents. But Mann goes too far when he descends into the pit where the ancient being who’s been worshipped by the Druids for centuries is said to dwell. What emerges is a demon in Mann’s shape, and only the town’s outcasts can see that something is horribly wrong. As the evil spreads, Moonwell becomes cut off from the rest of the world…


    FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFLAME TREE PRESS
    Release dateApr 11, 2019
    ISBN9781787582026
    Author

    Ramsey Campbell

    Ramsey Campbell has been given more awards than any other writer in the field, including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association, the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild and the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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    • 4/5
      If you like a good creepy story, then you'll really like this one!The book begins with a newspaper reporter, trying to get in touch with a woman in the town of Moonwell (in England somewhere), but no one seems to have heard of the town. It is not listed in any atlas, the telephone operator has no clue of what the reporter (Nick) is talking about, and yet, Nick knew he had been there! What is going on?On the sidelines, an American evangelist has come into Moonwell, ready to "exorcise" the evil there as instructed by God. He whips the town's inhabitants (all but a few sane people) into a religious frenzy and soon the town becomes crazy with religious fervor. But not everyone is sure that the evil should be exorcised -- and that long-standing traditions should be disrupted in favor of the plans that God has for the evangelist.I won't say more, except that this was a very creepy story and a real page turner. I finished it in about three hours, largely because I didn't want to stop.I would recommend it to readers who are willing to dwell in the realm of disbelief for a while and who just want to relax and have fun with a good old-fashioned horror story. I liked it.
    • 4/5
      A creepy story centering around a small town called Moonwell. Things are strange in Moonwell where there are a lot of myths and legends about Druids and a cave/well out on the moors. Things become even more strange when an American evangelist comes to town with a hoard of his followers and stirs up religious fervor, making the people in town who do not agree with his ways become out casts. All the suspense builds leading up to St. John the baptist day where the evangelist goes into the cave to cast out the demons. Then the town goes dark, people from the outside forget all about the town, and no one can leave the town. What is the cause of this? Could it be evil? Will the town survive?This book had great suspense, and was very creepy. It was hard to follow at first because the story jumps around between the townspeople, but once you get a handle on who everyone is it becomes a great read. The plot is very involved, so it wasn't a quick read.