But then they stumble across an old habitation. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn't possibly get any worse. With limited experience between them, a shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise. When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. Now a Netflix Original Movie! The Ritual is Adam Nevill's horror novel depicting a group of friends lost in a remote wilderness in Sweden where something supernatural lurks. The residue of old rites and pagan sacrifice for something that still exists in the forest. Ancient artifacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the dry floors. Something responsible for the bestial presence that follows their every step.About the Book When four old university friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they become lost.

Ancient artefacts decorate the walls and there are bones scattered upon the dry floors. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn’t possibly get any worse.īut then they stumble across an old habitation. With limited fitness and experience between them, a shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. But it was the dead thing they found hanging from a tree that changed the trip beyond recognition. The rain fell hard and cold, the white sun never broke through the low grey cloud, and they were lost. And on the third day things did not get better.

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