Monumental

A story of life and death in the wilderness, and a horrifying tale of extreme survival against supernatural powers, from the four times winner of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel.

Disaster strikes quickly and without warning. What should have been a glorious weekend of kayaking and camping, in a secluded beauty spot, is transformed by a scream. The first crisis, initiating a deadly momentum that accelerates as the valley reveals itself to Marcus and his five companions.

They're trespassing on strictly private land. There's only one way out. An escape route closed until the next high tide fills the estuary. In twelve hours' time.

Recreation becomes survival.

Marooned, unable to summon help, harassed by dire and worsening circumstances, the ties that bind the expedition are stretched taut. If they snap, vital cooperation will unravel and the group members' damning secrets will be revealed. Only the most courageous and committed have any chance against the area's inhabitants. But is any mind strong enough to endure a confrontation with the most hideous revelation of all? An ancient evil that coils beneath the valley's sinister folklore.

'Adam Nevill writes the scariest modern horror. Period. This man has his finger on something inherently evil ... insidious, bone-chilling, hair-raising, spine-tingling terror' - Sadie "Mother Horror" Hartmann Advanced Reviews: "When you are in the mood for ritualistic cult horror, this is where you come . . . He zooms into the real horror as it's happening and the reader feels like they are right there--experiencing the whole scope of terror as an assault to all your senses. It's terrifying!" Sadie "Mother Horror" Hartmann

"This is a really excellent horror novel ... I think he's an absolutely fantastic explorer of the darker side of the world. And this is no exception to that ... And it's a book that combines two kinds of horror. It's a survival horror book. But it's also a fantastic work of Eldritch horror." CriminOlly

"The unspeakably loathsome central thing in MONUMENTAL is a repulsively outstanding horror that H.P. Lovecraft would’ve been proud of!" Ken Miller, Monsterzone

"I flew through Monumental by Adam Nevill (pun intended)! Isolated setting, folk horror, creature feature — this had all of my favorite things." Thrilled to Read

'Monumental is atmospheric, bone chilling and absolutely terrifying in the best way possible … No one does folk horror quite like Nevill.' Spooky Bookworm

"This is my 9th visit to the Nevill-verse and as much as I enjoy it, I am always thankful I do not live in it. Old gods and bloody traditions exist just underneath the surface of the bustling world or inhabit the abandoned spaces the modern world has forgotten." The Evil Read

"I absolutely recommend it to horror fans, particularly if you enjoy folk horror, complicated group dynamics, and/or ancient evil." Happy Goat Horror

"Another outstanding piece of horror fiction, packed full of imagery that lingers long after the reading is complete." Anthony Watson, Dark Musings

"Eloquent of prose, vivid in its portrayal of people at the end of their rope, and life-like in its imagery. Monumental is a complex, bloody, and frightening tale; wrought with danger, death, and a darkness that clings to you like a rash vest." Rob's Horror Room

"From the moment the scream rings out across the valley in the first chapter, the horrors barely let up ... a densely atmospheric slice of pure horror." Marcsbooks.blogspot

"And we’re back nestled into the creature feature, folklore madness that we know and love Nevill for ... The thing I do adore most about Adams books are not only his imagination for creating such fantastic monsters but for his ability to add monstrosity to the humans he writes about." Book Guy Si