Ghoul eBook Marc Alexander
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A gruesome horror lurks in the dark…
Twenty-five centuries after its entrance was sealed, an ancient tomb in the fearsome Valley of the Jinn has been uncovered by an earthquake.
Soon afterwards a nearby graveyard is desecrated, and horribly mauled bodies are found.
The mutilation is assumed to be the work of wild beasts, and no one dreams that the archaeologists opening the tomb are moving into terrible danger.
But they will soon learn how wrong they are…
Lurking in the maze of tunnels and caves is a foul creature whose evil has survived for thousands of years, its age-old hunger newly awakened. Only a legendary piece of treasure has the power to protect them…
Will they make it out of the tomb alive?
Or will the Ghoul add more corpses to its tomb of dead trophies?
Ghoul is a gripping horror novel, a fast paced adventure filled with ancient mysteries and terrifying discoveries. It was previously published under the pseudonym Mark Ronson.
MARC ALEXANDER is a former Fleet Street journalist and a consultant editor of Heritage Magazine. For many years he contributed a regular history column to Majesty magazine. His books include The Outrageous Queens, Haunted Churches and Abbeys of Britain, Royal Murder and A Companion to the Royal Heritage of Britain. Marc lives in London.
Ghoul eBook Marc Alexander
I really loved this story, until the abrupt ending! Obviously there's another book after this one, but I think the Author should've extended the ending a little.Product details
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Ghoul eBook Marc Alexander Reviews
Julia is a young, beautiful archaeologist on the brink of a discovery of a lifetime in the Valley of the Jinn. Her father Max flies in, along with failed advertising filmmaker Andrew, to share in her moment of glory. Meanwhile, back at the site, young Danish hippie Jorgen is found dead and horribly disfigured. Max, Julia and Andrew begin to experience feelings of increasing unease but put all thoughts of supernatural forces aside to crack on with the job at hand and open the tomb....
This book had so much potential that, unfortunately, wasn't quite realised. I wanted....no, I needed the ghoul to feature more prominently. I wanted to be scared. I wanted to be on the edge of my seat. I wanted to sleep with the lights on. It didn't quite hit the mark.
Ghoul is a good, enjoyable book but it's early potential wasn't entirely fulfilled.
I received a free Advance Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review.
An archaeologist is about to make the find of a century similar to that of Howard Carter and Tutankhamen in the fictional middle eastern country of Abu Sabbah but little does the team know that they are also releasing a horror that has been imprisoned for centuries.
While I did enjoy the book, I felt like parts were a bit disjointed and needed a little more cohesion. There was so much character set up of a variety of people and I felt like there should have been some more connection between them for the climax of the book. I wanted to know more about some characters and have them a bit more involved in the ending but felt like something was left out.
Other than that, I really did enjoy the novel and found it to be a light and fun read (best read at night of course).
I received a copy of this book from the publishers for free in exchange for an honest review.
Ghoul was originally published in 1980 under the name Mark Ronson. Fast forward to 2016 and the same story is published under the name Marc Alexander. Why? I have no clue. But what I do know is that Ghoul one of the better pulp horror to come out of the early 1980s. It reminds me greatly of the type of slow-burn horror that J.N. Williamson or Charles Grant used to write and there are days that I miss that style. So, if you're one that likes that kind of horror...
In the fictitious Middle Eastern country of Abu Sabbah, Julia Sword is an archeologist that discovers a sealed tomb after a landslide uncovers it in the Valley of the Jinn. Sound spooky? It's supposed to. It seems that this valley was named after King Solomon had a problem with an evil Jinn and had the power to seal it away so that it wouldn't cause any more trouble. Add a few thousand years and Julia is on the brink of busting open this hidden tomb thinking that it contains an unknown Egyptian mummy. Her rich father is the bankroll for this expedition and Julia has an admirer in the King of Abu Sabbah, King Hamid. It all plays like a female Howard Carter scenario. In fact, Carter is mentioned a couple of times throughout the telling. Now, throw in the Middle Eastern version of The Spy Who Loved Me James Bond type, Israeli Head of Intelligence, Moshe Leohr and the Arabian spy love interest, Leliah, as well as the evil uncle hell bent on taking over, Sheikh Ahmid. If that wasn't enough, we have a tall drink of water love interest for Julia, named Andrew, and a Manson-like cult hanging out in the valley just waiting for s*** to go down with the opening of the tomb. Last, but certainly not least, we have an attempt by the bad guy uncle to extract information out of the Israeli by hooking up a set of jumper cables to his balls. Yes, that would make me sing like a canary and throw my own mother under the bus, if that was what was needed to bring that particular torture to a stop.
While my description does sound a bit hokey, it actually works better than what you'd think. The story really does have a nice slow burn to it with a decent payoff at the end. Yes, the King is unlike anything you'd hear about in the Middle East on CNN today (or in 1980, for that matter). Things are a little too liberal and friendly to the English to be believable, but it is a fun, pulpy horror offering that screams I'm From The Eighties. Pop some popcorn, don't think too much about the holes, and enjoy the ride!
4 Hidden Tombs out of 5
*This ARC was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Actually enjoyed this book and kept reading. I think it was the atmosphere the story projects, reminiscent of old horror stories that project that feeling of impending doom and dread, loved the ending
I really loved this story, until the abrupt ending! Obviously there's another book after this one, but I think the Author should've extended the ending a little.
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