Isolated on the moors of northern England, the town of Moonwell has remained faithful to their Druid traditions and kept their old rituals alive. Right-wing evangelist Godwin Mann isn’t about to let that continue, and his intolerant brand of fundamentalism has struck a chord with the residents.

But Mann goes too far when he descends into the pit where the ancient being who’s been worshipped by the Druids for centuries is said to dwell. What emerges is a demon in Mann’s shape, and only the town’s outcasts can see that something is horribly wrong. As the evil spreads, Moonwell becomes cut off from the rest of the world.

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Listening Length	15 hours and 58 minutes
Author	Ramsey Campbell
Narrator	Dean Williamson
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Audible.com Release Date	April 19, 2019
Publisher	Flame Tree Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07R2JTHTD
Best Sellers Rank	#82,599 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #3,192 in Horror Fiction #3,655 in Literary Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #15,369 in Horror Literature & Fiction

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Jonathan

Great slow burn

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2022

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This book is a hell of a slow burn, not even hinting at the cosmic horror until you're about 20% done. But when the story really starts moving, it jacks up the atmosphere and tension to 11. If you love cosmic horror and weird fiction, this does not disappoint at all.

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diosacarinosa

It was ok but not as up my alley as I first thought

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2019

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My thanks to Mr. Campbell for the time and effort he put into this book. This was the first book by him that I have ever read. I appreciate the length and abundance of characters, however, I much preferred Ancient Images to this novel. The plot of this book piqued my interest but it was really a struggle to hang on until the end. I will definitely buy other books by Mr. Campbell as I am interested in learning more about his work.

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Boring

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2021

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Thought about ditching this halfway through and wish I would have. While there may have been some good ideas here the author never quite pulls it all together. Endless descriptions of the moon, moors a darkness didn’t help either. Skip this one for sure.

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aickman

Epic horror novel

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2019

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This is an incredible, sprawling, epic horror novel. An unwieldy, knockabout (to use a word Campbell himself used to describe the story in his afterword) nature; a large cast of very well-drawn characters; and a consistent unpredictability; these are the elements which make this a bona fide classic and one of the most entertaining novel-length works I've encountered in the genre.

4 people found this helpful

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Daniel R. Robichaud II

If you haven't read this, you are seriously missing out.

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2002

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Once upon a time, I read an interview in Fangoria magazine with Mr. Campbell, and based upon that article (and the strength of short stories I had read by the man) I went out and bought everything I could find. The Hungry Moon is one of my favorite novels from that time (the other is Ancient Images, also highly recommended)... Fantastic, well worth tracking down. I recall that interview made mention that John Carpenter was interested in making the book into a movie... That would be pretty interesting, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Still, we have this terror-ific novel, and that is already MORE than enough!!! In short: get this book, and give yourself a treat. To this day, I still buy Ramsey Campbell's books and treasure the memories of gooseflesh and shivers I got on those warm summer nights, when I first discovered his exceptional works.

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Gunlord

Well written, but the plot...ehhh.

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2021

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Not gonna summarize it here, but there were some things I liked about it–the slow buildup and very creepy monsters, as well as an emphasis on the moon that reminded me of Bloodborne of all things. Alas, I had a very hard time keeping track of the characters (even though there weren’t that many), and the ending, while cool, really did seem to come out of left field–a real deus ex machina, like other folks have said, though I don’t wanna spoil it. I’ll give it 4 stars cause I was entertained, but I think Campbell just isn’t for me, unfortunately.

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Angry S

Ponderous, bloated and loathesome

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2015

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This is a nicely Lovecraftian work, complete with ancient druidic rites, gibbering madness from space, and a cultish village idiotically worshipping its own destroyer. It's somewhat overwrought, with a convoluted plot, some pacing issues and an unnecessarily high page count--it could as easily have been a short story--but it's still and interesting and engaging read.

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Andy

Cosmic Druids Good, Evangelical Christians Bad

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2019

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There’s a stretch toward the end where a character has a supremely awesome, cosmic-horror vision that might be my favorite thing Campbell’s ever written. Also, any time religious fundamentalism is the ultimate villain, we horror fans win.

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MR W

A disappointment.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2020

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I went into this book with high expectations after reading Campbell's The Influence but I feel quite let down by The Hungry Moon. It starts off well. The premise is interesting, with the Jim Jones style cult as the instigator of events that lead down a Lovecraft style of story and tropes. But one of the things that really got to me from the beginning and picked up by some other reviewers, is the constant changing of characters, their relatives and how the novel switches incessantly. I found this very confusing at times, and it wasn't until later in the book, when some of the characters had been killed off, that the book became less of a chore to read. It is also bloated, it could easily have lost a hundred pages or more.

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Reb

Not hungry for more

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2007

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I came to this book curious as to Campbell's renown as Britain's premier practitioner of the horror genre, previously having read only his short stories. Frankly I came away with no little bafflement as to the grounds for this reputation.

There are several worthy aspects to this novel: Campbell's imagery is genuinely disturbing, subtle and free from cliche; the attempts (perhaps neither, unfortunately, entirely successful) to address issues of religious fanaticism and nuclear weaponry - both still timely twenty years on; he also takes the trouble to paint his scene broadly, taking on a large cast of characters, most of whom are skillfully imagined. But this wide range is also one of the problems - there is simply too much content in the book, and furthermore, the quality of writing is somewhat uneven. I felt the novel was slightly too bloated, and its pace, although never exactly slow, overall a little too pedestrian.

And although Campbell generally avoids the more tedious staples of genre convention, some of the tropes are too wooden (one of the other reviews on this site nicely enumerates these creaking plot supports). Finally, although the prose is generally well wrought - transparent in its description and so on - it does stumble at places in the middle and towards the end of the book; although Campbell complains of being over-edited in his afterword, there was sufficient clumsiness in parts of the text to suggest that quite the opposite might be true.

All in all, the novel was perfectly readable, but not quite up to the standard of excellence I had hoped for given the author's good name.

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Heavy going.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2021

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Would be better as a tv or film. Too many indistinct characters introduced too fast I’m still trying.

James Miles

Great read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2020

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This is classic Ramsay. It's greatest strength is that it feels too plausible.

Iqbal, Peterborough

The plot is promising and I had hoped the writer ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2015

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The plot is promising and I had hoped the writer would delve more into the hypocrisy of the town that the false preacher would expose. However the book tried to revert to a more traditional horror story, which was not executed that well and ultimately left me feeling unsatisfied.

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