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The Magdalena Curse

The Magdalena Curse

by F . G . Cottam (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

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Synopsis

It only takes a couple of visits to convince Dr Elizabeth Bancroft that Adam Hunter is not just having bad dreams. He's a child possessed. His father is desperate: adamant that his son's affliction is the result of a curse he incurred in the depths of the Amazon, where a badly misguided military operation ended in a terrifying and macabre encounter. There he met two women - one more bad than good, who placed the curse - and the other more good than bad, with whom any hope of saving his son resides. Mark Hunter leaves the Scottish Highlands to beg help from the mysterious woman, leaving his son in the care of Elizabeth - who is about to discover there are equally dark secrets on their own doorstep. And in her blood...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: 328
 Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 15 Apr 2010
ISBN 10: 0340980990
ISBN 13: 9780340980996
Book Overview: A boy doomed by a prophecy, a father who will risk anything to save him, an epic confrontation between good and evil by the highly praised author of DARK ECHO

Media Reviews
A treasure trove of dark dreams and sinister sorcery * The Times on THE MAGDALENA CURSE *
The novel is modern Gothic in tone, but Cottam's skill as a writer of paranormal chillers gives it a rich varnish of literary class * Saga on THE MAGDALENA CURSE *
This beautifully written, imaginative novel is a tense and terrifying chapter in the ongoing battle between good and evil. * Good Book Guide *
This is a high-class supernatural thriller in which ordinary people stumble into the path of terrifying evil - I was sad to leave the characters when I'd finished. * Soul&Spirit *
F.G. Cottam has crafted a superb and tautly told tale . . . A perfect ghost story * The Times on DARK ECHO *
'F.G. Cottam's complex, tautly atmospheric thriller delivers plenty of chills . . . the perfect dark winter night yarn' * Daily Mail on DARK ECHO *
A terrifying encounter with manifest evil . . . chilling novel . . . His adrenaline-charged prose is drawn tight with suspense * James Urquhart, Financial Times on THE HOUSE OF LOST SOULS *
Author Bio
A former magazine editor, F.G. Cottam has two children.