Ararat, Christopher Golden
Ararat, Christopher Golden
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Ararat

Author: Christopher Golden

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 10 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/18/2017

Synopsis

Christopher Golden’s Ararat is the heart-pounding tale of an adventure that goes wrong—on a biblical scale. When an earthquake reveals a secret cave hidden inside Mount Ararat in Turkey, a daring, newly engaged couple are determined to be the first ones inside … and what they discover will change everything.The cave is actually a buried ancient ship that many quickly come to believe is Noah’s Ark. When a team of scholars, archaeologists, and filmmakers make it inside the ark, they discover an elaborate coffin in its recesses. Inside the coffin, they find an ugly, misshapen cadaver—not the holy man they expected, but a hideous creature with horns. Shock and fear turn to horror when a massive blizzard blows in, trapping them thousands of meters up the side of a remote mountain. All they can do is pray for safety. But something wicked is listening to their prayers … and it wants to answer.

About Christopher Golden

Christopher Golden is the award-winning, bestselling author of such novels as Dead Ringers, Snowblind, Sons of Anarchy: BRATVA, The Myth Hunters, The Boys Are Back in Town, The Ferryman, Strangewood, and more.

About Robert Fass

Robert Fass is a veteran actor and twice winner of the prestigious Audie Award for the year’s best narration. He has earned many Earphones Awards and AudioFile magazine “Best of the Year” accolades.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on January 11, 2018

This was okay story with a pretty neat premise. Not super awesome or anything. Here are my thoughts on a few items: The writing – I think this would have worked better as a short story. Even thought it was not a very long book, it felt very repetitive and drawn out. Because of this, I don’t think the......more

Goodreads review by Misty Marie on May 05, 2022

I seem to be finding all the horror books with demons in it this week. This one being the most terrifying by far. My second read by Mr. Golden, both 5 stars. Climbers discover what might be Noah's Ark high up in the mountains. Don't ask me why it is there, it just is. Cue everyone trying to get in o......more

Goodreads review by LIsa Noell "Rocking the chutzpah!" on September 22, 2024

To say that I've been waiting a very long time for this book, would be a vast understatement. Maybe, not this book in particular, but a Golden book that would knock my socks off. Mission accomplished! I love the horror and mythology that Mr. Golden does so well. This story had all of that, plus some......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on April 29, 2017

I was really bummed when I was not once, but twice declined for this book on NetGalley. So, when the book was released did I actually buy it, despite the fact that I seldom buy new books. But, just luck at the cover, it's fabulous and the blurb really intrigued me. I couldn't wait to read the boo......more

Goodreads review by Laurie (barksbooks) on April 09, 2018

I went into this book with a wee bit of stink eye because although most of my friends loved Snowblind, I really didn’t love that one. I enjoyed the setup but when the novel decided to time jump 12 years into the future it tested my memory and my memory failed. I am so glad to say that Ararat didn’t......more

Quotes

“Chilling and atmospheric…a spooky, entertaining read.” Washington Independent Review of Books

“If Ararat is a stand-alone novel, it is a missed opportunity to further capture an audience that is now at attention.” New York Journal of Books

“Fass’ pleasant baritone makes the horror, as it is slowly unveiled, all the more shocking…Fass masterfully sets the mood—whispering to presage the most ominous passages, then voicing the monster in conniving, menacing tones…Fass effectively voices the large, mostly male cast from America, Italy, and Turkey, but his real accomplishment is his ability to set and sustain the nightmare tone until the very end and the final, delicious twist.” Booklist (starred audio review)

“The whole is more than the sum of its parts in this exceptional supernatural thriller from bestseller Golden.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The highly effective thrills of the narrative fuse with rapid plotting, plenty of tension, and high stakes. The result is a novel that will hook readers cold.” Library Journal

“A thriller with an intellectual bent…ruminates on the nature and existence of good and evil while providing the chills and tingles fans of this prolific author have come to expect.” Kirkus Reviews

“Golden takes readers on a terrifying journey into their own worst nightmares with a novel that is sure to chill to the bone.” Booklist

“This is the Lovecraftian horror, mountaineering, 1970s-style paranoia, theologically philosophical, paranormal, Satanic love story I’ve been waiting for…Scary and smart.” Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author

“An extremely gripping story, with echoes of John Carpenter’s The Thing. It’s not simply the icy setting of Ararat; Golden has also mastered a similar (and similarly thrilling) sense of claustrophobic dread. It’s a creepy, chilling book.” Scott Smith, New York Times bestselling author

“Ararat has that horror-adventure vibe that’s like candy to me. Delicious Terror Candy! Golden seizes your heart in his hands with a tale as terrifying as it is thrilling!” Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author

Awards

  • Booklist Editors' Choice
  • Bram Stoker Award
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