The Ravenous (novel)
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The Ravenous is a 2003 horror novel written by T. M. Gray
. It is Gray's second published novel.
T. M. Gray's novel The Ravenous is about a rural Maine town where most of the adult citizens are members of a human-sacrificial cult. The plot involves a teenager who discovers the horrifying truth about his town.
In an interview in The Chronicle, Issue 31 http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/chronicle/c31/graytm.html, T. M. Gray
states: "If Jaws
made you afraid to go in the water, and Psycho
made you afraid of taking a shower, I wouldn't suggest a woodland hike after reading this novel!"
The Ravenous introduces us to Eddie Spears, a teenager who is into video games and hanging out with his best friend, Jess Brown. Eddie has a problem: he can hear distant whispers and this causes severe headaches. When he discovers the true cause for his town's prosperity: a sacrificial pseudo-Druid cult, Eddie comes to realize he has a special gift—but can he use it in time to save his sister's life?
T. M. Gray
T. M. Gray is an American horror author of many short stories, several novels and a nonfiction book on ghost hunting. Gray lives in Birch Harbor, Maine and is a member of the Horror Writers Association....
. It is Gray's second published novel.
T. M. Gray's novel The Ravenous is about a rural Maine town where most of the adult citizens are members of a human-sacrificial cult. The plot involves a teenager who discovers the horrifying truth about his town.
Inspiration
In an interview in The Chronicle, Issue 31 http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/chronicle/c31/graytm.html, T. M. Gray
T. M. Gray
T. M. Gray is an American horror author of many short stories, several novels and a nonfiction book on ghost hunting. Gray lives in Birch Harbor, Maine and is a member of the Horror Writers Association....
states: "If Jaws
Jaws (film)
Jaws is a 1975 American horror-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. In the story, the police chief of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a giant man-eating great white shark by closing the beach,...
made you afraid to go in the water, and Psycho
Psycho (1960 film)
Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins. The film is based on the screenplay by Joseph Stefano, who adapted it from the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch...
made you afraid of taking a shower, I wouldn't suggest a woodland hike after reading this novel!"
Plot summary
The Ravenous introduces us to Eddie Spears, a teenager who is into video games and hanging out with his best friend, Jess Brown. Eddie has a problem: he can hear distant whispers and this causes severe headaches. When he discovers the true cause for his town's prosperity: a sacrificial pseudo-Druid cult, Eddie comes to realize he has a special gift—but can he use it in time to save his sister's life?