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The Ancient

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Alien,onacontainership.‘Scaryandunputdownable’,StephenKingAmongsttoweringmountainsoftrashinthebackstreetsofLima,threeyoungboysaretryingtoraiseanancientdemon.Theydon'tthinktheirincantationhasworked;butthatnightateenagedrugrunnerisgunneddownacrosstheirmakeshiftaltar.Ashiskillerswalkaway,hisbodystirs.Notbecauseitstillcontainsasparkoflife.Butbecausesomethingisstirringbeneathit…PortCallao.TheMVLysicrates,athree-quarter-milelongsupertanker,isbeingloadedwithhundredsoftonnesoftrash.Watchingfromthebridge,inablearystateofhungovergloom,issecond-in-commandMatthewCotton;moreinterestingisthearrivalofayoungAmericanstudentwhohasmissedtheboatsheshouldhavebeenon.Theyshouldhavepaidmoreattentiontothetrash.Withitspowerfulblendofsuperbcharacterisationanddemonichorror,MurielGray'snewnovelisherbestyet.

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