The Ancient

By: Muriel Gray

Write A Review

Paperback | 3 December 2015

At a Glance

Paperback
300 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
19.7 x 13.0 x 2.2

Paperback

$29.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $7.44 with

Ships in 10 to 15 business days

Alien, on a container ship.
'Scary and unputdownable', Stephen King

Amongst towering mountains of trash in the backstreets of Lima, three young boys are trying to raise an ancient demon. They don't think their incantation has worked; but that night a teenage drugrunner is gunned down across their makeshift altar. As his killers walk away, his body stirs. Not because it still contains a spark of life. But because something is stirring beneath it...

Port Callao. The MV Lysicrates, a three-quarter-mile long supertanker, is being loaded with hundreds of tonnes of trash. Watching from the bridge, in a bleary state of hungover gloom, is second-in-command Matthew Cotton; more interesting is the arrival of a young American student who has missed the boat she should have been on.

They should have paid more attention to the trash.

With its powerful blend of superb characterisation and demonic horror, Muriel Gray's new novel is her best yet.

Industry Reviews

From the reviews of The Trickster and Furnace:
'The Trickster is written with incredible vigour... thuggish, gory, sentimental, cosy. It grips'
Daily Mail

'Gray tells her tale with immense elan. A smashing debut that's gutsier than most authors could ever be' Time Out

'Pacy, energetic, violent entertainment whose flashes of intuition and glittery neurosis give it an idiosyncratic edge' The Times

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $89.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.