Christopher Golden: Ararat

‘A claustrophobic snowstorm that will leave you terrified… Ararat is a masterclass in supernatural suspense. Don’t read it before bed’ Sarah Pinborough

‘Exceptional’ Publishers Weekly starred review

‘ Ararat has that horror-adventure vibe that’s like candy to me. Delicious Terror Candy! Golden seizes your heart in his hands with a tale as terrifying as it is thrilling’ Chuck Wendig

‘Christopher Golden’s masterpiece… I loved it!’ Brian Keene

‘If ever we could use a story that reminds us that we’re together, a singular race, in religion and gender, that time is now. Bravo, Christopher Golden for sewing such enormous themes into a nail-biting, exhilarating book’ Josh Malerman

‘This is the Lovecraftian horror, mountaineering, 1970s-style paranoia, theologically philosophical, paranormal, satanic love story I’ve been waiting for’ Chelsea Cain

‘Jaw-hit-the-floor brilliant’ Starburst

‘This beautifully written narrative will inspire shudders with every turn of the page’ Publishers Weekly

‘I will never forget this book’s ending. It is spectacular. I get shivers down my spine just thinking about it’ For Winter Nights

‘Definitely as much fun as we can ever hope to have while the world falls to ruin around us’ Scott Smith

‘An evocative tale of the possible and the probable that takes a walk on the perilous side… You’re going to love this taut, thrilling drama’ Steve Berry

‘Gut-clenching tension and characters you actually care about elevate this book above others in its field’ Chuck Wendig

‘It will bring a blizzard to your bones’ Stephen King

‘A good horror novel needs to be a good novel first, with a strong plot, interesting characters, and vivid and evocative writing. Golden delivers all of that’ George R.R. Martin

‘Sharply written and hard to put down… [A] haunting tale which is evocative of early Stephen King’ Sunday Express

‘A ghosthouse thrillride in the shape of a snowstorm, within the confines of a book. A great read for a winter night, or any night’ John Ajvide Lindqvist

Twelve years ago the small town of Coventry, Massachusetts was in the grasp of a particularly brutal winter. And then came the Great Storm.

It hit hard. Not everyone saw the spring. Today the families, friends and lovers of the victims are still haunted by the ghosts of those they lost so suddenly. If only they could see them one more time, hold them close, tell them they love them.

It was the deadliest winter in living memory.

Until now.

When a new storm strikes, it doesn’t just bring snow and ice, it brings the people of Coventry exactly what they’ve been wishing for. And the realisation their nightmare is only beginning.

Economies are collapsing, environmental disasters are widespread and war the backdrop to life.

And so the military has developed a force of elite soldiers to keep the peace. A force like nothing seen before… codenamed Tin Men, soldiers are virtually transported to inhabit robot frames in war-torn countries.

When PFC Danny Kelso starts his day shift in Syria, an eerie silence welcomes him and a patrol confirms the area is totally deserted. But when a rogue electromagnetic pulse throws everything into darkness, Danny’s conscious mind is trapped within his robot body.

The attack turns out to have been global – the world is facing a return to the dark ages with no electricity, no technology… no safe zones. And the Tin Men face a race against time to save not only themselves but society as we know it.

When Tess Devlin bumps into her ex-husband, she’s furious that he seems not to know her.

And then Frank Lindbergh is attacked by an intruder in his home… an intruder who wears Frank’s face.

In the heart of the city, a mansion stands on a hill and behind its wrought-iron fence an evil force is at work, leaving everyone who comes near it hysterical with fear.

But the real terror lies inside the house. Tess and Frank have no choice but to confront a mistake made years ago. A mistake that summoned an ancient evil… and means even their own reflections could kill them.

Copyright © 2017 Christopher Golden

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First published in the United States in 2017 by St. Martin’s Press

This Ebook edition was first published by Headline Publishing Group in 2017

Excerpt from It’s a Wonderful Life © Liberty Films, 1946

Excerpt from ‘All my Favorite People’ © Over the Rhine, 2011

All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Cataloguing in Publication Data is available from the British Library

eISBN: 978 1 4722 3431 5

Cover design by Richard Augustus

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