{"product_id":"9781835983164","title":"Twisted Pike","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An agile and compelling storyteller' NICK CUTTER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis could be the end of everything.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe remote village of Withered Hill harbors dark secrets. Outsiders are not welcome, but a film crew descends. Their producer Rob claims they intend to make a low-budget horror movie: Twisted Pike. In truth, the cameras are a front for something infinitely more sinister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey haven't come to capture fictional nightmares. They have come to raze Withered Hill to the ground - and obliterate everyone who calls it home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Rob succeed in wiping out the place that took so much from him? Are there forces at work beyond the reach of human vengeance?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Withered Hill falls, the ancient gods sleeping beneath the soil will finally awaken. And their wrath won't stop at the village borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReturn to the \u003ci\u003eWithered Hill \u003c\/i\u003euniverse with this unsettling folk horror of apocalyptic proportions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for David Barnett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'There's a rich vein of horror to be mined here, and Barnett's doing a great job of excavating it.' SFX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An eerie tale of folk horror, as old gods and locals with age-old roots come into conflict … a twist you won't see coming.' Jane Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brutal, brilliant novel of folk horror and dread.' Tim Lebbon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Slowly builds a picture of a town complicit in some terrible things. Really loved this one!' Sarah Pinborough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Eerie, erotic and engrossing … shall henceforth be mentioned in the same breath as \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e.' Kealan Patrick Burke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A bloody masterpiece \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e.' Mark Stay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eMidsommar, Evil Dead \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStepford Wives\u003c\/i\u003e all in one, this twisted dark fairytale rooted in the modern world.' Lisa Rookes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Beguiling, bewitching and brilliant.' Jeremy Dyson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e","brand":"Barnett, David","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56889516786050,"sku":"9781835983164","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781835983164.jpg?v=1788520011","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781835983164","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}