Bram Stoker Award Best Novel Winner
Ararat
by Christopher Golden
Summary
An earthquake on Mount Ararat in Turkey exposes a cave containing an ancient ship that may be Noah's Ark, and an international team races to study it before rivals and the weather close in. Inside the hull they find a sealed coffin holding a horned, demonic corpse, and once it is disturbed an ancient evil begins turning the trapped expedition against one another. Golden combines mountaineering survival, archaeological mystery, and demonic possession into a fast moving thriller about faith colliding with something far older than scripture.
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Historical Context & Significance
Christopher Golden, a prolific author and comics writer, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel for this story set on the legendary mountain of Noah's Ark.