Cunning Folk, Adam Nevill
Cunning Folk, Adam Nevill
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Cunning Folk

Author: Adam Nevill

Narrator: Peter Walters

Unabridged: 12 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublishDrive

Published: 10/25/2021


Synopsis

A compelling folk-horror story of deadly rivalry and the oldest magic from the author of The Ritual, The Reddening, No One Gets Out Alive and the four times winner of The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel.
No home is heaven with hell next door.
Money's tight and their new home is a fixer-upper. Deep in rural South West England, with an ancient wood at the foot of the garden, Tom and his family are miles from anywhere and anyone familiar. His wife, Fiona, was never convinced that buying the money-pit at auction was a good idea. Not least because the previous owner committed suicide. Though no one can explain why.
Within days of crossing the threshold, when hostilities break out with the elderly couple next door, Tom's dreams of future contentment are threatened by an escalating tit-for-tat campaign of petty damage and disruption.
Increasingly isolated and tormented, Tom risks losing his home, everyone dear to him and his mind. Because, surely, only the mad would suspect that the oddballs across the hedgerow command unearthly powers. A malicious magic even older than the eerie wood and the strange barrow therein. A hallowed realm from where, he suspects, his neighbours draw a hideous power.
“Adam Nevill excels at making nightmares real” Guardian
“Nevill has crafted some of the tensest scariest horror this reviewer has read in years” SFX

About Adam Nevill

Adam Nevill was born in Birmingham, England, in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. He is the author of the supernatural horror novels Banquet for the Damned, Apartment 16, The Ritual, Last Days, House of Small Shadows, No One Gets Out Alive, Lost Girl, and Under a Watchful Eye. In 2012, 2013, and 2015 his novels were the winners of the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel. The Ritual and Last Days were also awarded Best in Category: Horror, by R.U.S.A. Adam lives in Devon, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brendan on May 29, 2024

I never really thought about the fact that more palm readers weren't burned at the stake. Ok, hear me out. You will often read or see in historical media about a king going to see a psychic or someone who can put together a "special" potion. These people did exist. So why weren't they tried and execu......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on March 20, 2025

Tabitha Stanmore’s Cunning Folk explores the practical role of magic in medieval society, showing how it met everyday needs and how magical practitioners fit into the social landscape. Rather than portraying magic as an outsider belief, the book presents it as a common and accepted part of life at t......more

Goodreads review by Runalong on June 02, 2024

This book explores the cunning folk the people who could deploy magic if you want to find lost property, the guilty, fall in love or out of love. The key is the way the book explores the mindset of medieval life and how this was so important to it Fascinating - [URL not allowed]......more