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Dark Matter: The bestselling Richard & Judy book club pick 0 (0)

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FROM THE SUNDAYTIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR…

‘The novel virtually defines a new genre: literary creepy ‘ JEFFEREY DEAVER

‘Paver is the mistress of suspense’ GUARDIAN

‘An atmospheric ghost story’ INDEPENDENTONSUNDAY

January1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he’s offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway: five men and eight huskies, crossing the Barents Sea by the light of the midnight sun. At last they reach the remote, uninhabited bay where they will camp for the next year. Gruhuken.

But the Arctic summer is brief. As night returns to claim the land, Jack feels a creeping unease. One by one, his companions are forced to leave. He faces a stark choice. Stay or go. Soon he will see the last of the sun, as the polar night engulfs the camp in months of darkness. Soon he will reach the point of no return – when the sea will freeze, making escape impossible.

And Gruhuken is not uninhabited. Jack is not alone. Something walks there in the dark…

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orion Pub Co
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 16 December 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1398724114
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1398724112
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 264 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.8 x 2.4 x 19.6 cm
Importer ‏ : ‎ Hachette India
Packer ‏ : ‎ Hachette India
Generic Name ‏ : ‎ Book
Best Sellers Rank: #200,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #273 in Occult & Paranormal #442 in Horror (Books) #1,548 in Historical Fiction (Books)
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Hell Gates: 100 True Horror Stories of Demonic Portals and Satanic Rituals (Horror & Supernatural) 0 (0)

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Hell Gates: 100 True Horror Stories of Demonic Portals and Satanic Rituals is a terrifying, cinematic descent into the abyss of human darkness, a haunting anthology of true accounts where the veil between our world and something far more sinister has been torn open, inviting in forces that defy comprehension and revel in chaos. It is a collection that exposes the hidden corners of existence where ritual, blood, and belief collide to create gateways not of stone, but of intention-doorways built through sacrifice, invocation, and blasphemous desire. Each story unfolds like a hellish film steeped in dread and fire-the flicker of torches in forgotten catacombs, the echo of chants in an abandoned church, the stench of sulfur thick in the air, and the slow, dreadful realization that something ancient and intelligent is answering from the other side. The book captures the cinematic horror of summoning and consequence, of those who sought power and instead unleashed damnation, of places where the earth itself seems to pulse with infernal life, and of witnesses who felt the cold grip of unseen claws dragging them toward the brink of madness. Through visceral, immersive storytelling, readers are pulled into the heart of rituals performed in secrecy-symbols etched in blood, sacred texts defiled, candles burning in perfect circles-each act becoming an invocation that awakens what should never be disturbed. Hell Gates examines the history and psychology of humanity’s obsession with the forbidden, tracing the thread of dark worship through centuries of occultism, cults, and demonic encounters, exploring how faith inverted becomes terror and how the hunger for knowledge can summon destruction. From abandoned ruins that radiate malevolent energy to modern-day rituals carried out beneath city streets, every account pulses with cinematic tension and apocalyptic beauty, revealing that evil does not always need to be invited-it only needs to be remembered. It is not merely a collection of horror but a meditation on temptation, hubris, and the cost of curiosity, on the eternal struggle between light and darkness, and on the ancient truth that some doors, once opened, can never again be closed. Told with unflinching detail and gothic grandeur, Hell Gates: 100 True Horror Stories of Demonic Portals and Satanic Rituals stands as a harrowing testament to the reality of evil, to the power of human will turned against itself, and to the haunting notion that hell is not a place beneath us-it is a presence waiting patiently to be let in.

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