Description
The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell is a horror novel set in the isolated town of Moonwell on the moors of northern England, where ancient traditions and modern beliefs collide with dangerous consequences. The community has long preserved remnants of old Druid rituals, maintaining a quiet link to the region’s distant past. This fragile balance is disrupted when a fervent right-wing evangelist, Godwin Mann, arrives determined to eradicate what he sees as pagan superstition and impose his own uncompromising religious authority. His growing influence over the townspeople fuels division and suspicion, transforming the atmosphere of the once quiet town. Matters take a darker turn when Mann ventures into a forbidden pit believed to hold an ancient entity worshipped by the Druids for centuries. As tensions escalate and something long contained begins to stir, the boundary between faith, fanaticism, and supernatural terror begins to collapse.
Blending folk horror with psychological suspense, The Hungry Moon explores themes of belief, power, and the dangers that arise when intolerance and ancient forces intersect.
