Free (Kindle) Ghoul by Marc Alexander [Archaeological Tomb Escape Pulp Action Horror]

[ATDrake]

Ghoul by New Zealander author Marc Alexander (ISFDB, SFE) is his vintage standalone horror adventure thriller novel, involving an archaeological expedition in a fictitious Middle Eastern country gone terribly wrong as they inadvertently awaken terrible things best left undisturbed and must survive long enough to make their way out of a tomb turned deathtrap, as you do, free courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint, who are e-printing it from 1980 edition originally out from Hamlyn using his Mark Ronson pseudonym.

NB: the customer reviews liken this to a James Bond-style action thriller, only with a horror twist, if that sort of Indiana Jones/Allan Quatermain-ish style of pulp adventure is your thing.

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)

Description
A gruesome horror lurks in the dark…

Twenty-five centuries after its entrance was sealed, an ancient tomb in the fearsome Valley of the Jinn has been uncovered by an earthquake.

Soon afterwards a nearby graveyard is desecrated, and horribly mauled bodies are found.

The mutilation is assumed to be the work of wild beasts, and no one dreams that the archaeologists opening the tomb are moving into terrible danger.

But they will soon learn how wrong they are…

Lurking in the maze of tunnels and caves is a foul creature whose evil has survived for thousands of years, its age-old hunger newly awakened. Only a legendary piece of treasure has the power to protect them…

Will they make it out of the tomb alive?

Or will the Ghoul add more corpses to its tomb of dead trophies?

Ghoul is a gripping horror novel, a fast paced adventure filled with ancient mysteries and terrifying discoveries. It was previously published under the pseudonym Mark Ronson.

[Dr. Drib]

Got it.

THANK YOU!

Here's an excerpt from the first review listing on Amazon, by Kenneth A. McKinleyon:

"Ghoul was originally published in 1980 under the name Mark Ronson. Fast forward to 2016 and the same story is published under the name Marc Alexander. Why? I have no clue. But what I do know is that Ghoul [sic] one of the better pulp horror to come out of the early 1980s. It reminds me greatly of the type of slow-burn horror that J.N. Williamson or Charles Grant used to write and there are days that I miss that style. So, if you're one that likes that kind of horror..."


And I do, so much thanks for mentioning this.