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THE RUINS BY SCOTT SMITH
“THE BEST HORROR NOVEL OF THE NEW CENTURY.”----STEPHEN KING
The story revolves around four friends vacationing in Mexico, who are thrown into a harrowing predicament when joining another comrade in search of his brother. Their journey leads them to a vine covered hill surrounded my Myans, where they are unable to escape. The struggle for survival without food or water and with a mysterious antagonist posing imminent threat does not bring out the best in our visitors. Considering the situation, panic and irrational behavior is not unexpected. The real horror of the book comes from the struggle to survive and the consequences the characters face when they are unsuccessful, especially as they are losing hope. There are several scenes that are truly disturbing, and I usually have a high tolerance for that kind of stuff. It's a good read. Two couples, Amy and Jeff, Stacy and Eric, travel to Cancun for a month before going off to college. They meet up with Mathias, a German, whose brother has gone missing. Together, along with a Greek who calls himself Pablo and doesn't speak English or German, they make their way into the heart of the Yucatan, Coba, to look for Henrich. Warned by locals, by their taxi driver, and by the Mayans near the archeological dig, the six tramp forward into the jungles, determined to find Henrich. When they step foot onto the archeological site at a vine covered hill, its too late for warnings. Now they're trapped, unprepared for more than a day hike, with no one but the Greek's partners possibly knowing where they are, and the Mayans won't let them leave the hill. And there's something else on the hill with them, a sinister presence of hunger and evil that lurks inside the beautiful vines. Trapped, thirsty, hungry, alone, and frightened, the six will desperately try anything to discover the secret of missing Henrich, and what lies in store for the rest of them.