Gotham Creek seems to be just a small Maine town, just like any other. At the heart of the community stands a majestic forest containing some of the largest oak trees ever seen. As with many such towns, the occupants of Gotham Creek keep themselves very much to themselves with little contact with the outside world. However, when the forest is discovered during a routine flight by a member of the National Forest Service it is only a matter of time before someone comes to visit.

Soon Sheridan Phillips hears of the forest. Having spent many years trying to protect the forests of Maine from the paper companies he cannot resist the opportunity to see trees of such stature. As he walks into the forest he cannot possibly imagine the fate that awaits him.

Eddie Speers has lived his entire life in Gotham Creek. He has grown up as an ordinary boy, except for the headaches. Sometimes they are so severe his ears actually bleed. Each time this occurs his parents drag him off to see Doc Putnam but despite the medication the condition seems to be getting worse. In fact now the attacks seem to be accompanied by voices screaming something unintelligible.

It is during one of these visits to Doc Putnam that Eddie discovers the truth about Gotham Creek: that the entire town is based on the Druid religion and the families of the original founders of the town have sworn an oath to protect the holy Oak Trees, trees grown from acorns brought from their homeland. However, as Samhain approaches he is unaware of the implications of the festival... That every ten years a young virgin must be sacrificed to appease the ancient gods of the forest.

The Ravenous is the latest novel from T.M. Gray who, like a certain other master of the genre, lives in Maine. Having read The Ravenous with great relish I am starting wonder if there is something in the water in that particular state that feeds the imagination of horror writers.

The story is a wonderful blend of the supernatural, druidic mythology and horror combined in a truly original style. As with many good novels there are a number of different threads that are seemingly unrelated but you just know that somehow they will all weave together to form the final tapestry.

Although T.M. Gray stops just short of the kind of explicit gore that you find with other horror writers she still manages to instil a feeling of unease and discomfort that leave you feeling distinctly uncomfortable. The horrific moments are described with a detail that will disconcert even the hardiest of reader. However, if you are of a nervous disposition, still give this book a try. OK there are some gory moments but they are very few and far between and the quality of the rest of the story will reward your fortitude.

Back Cover and Blurbs
If you go into the woods today,

don't count on coming home....

All is not what it seems in the small town of Gotham Creek, a secluded yet successful community in Downeast, Maine. When teenager Eddie Speers discovers the brutal truth festering beneath his town's pristine exterior: a dangerous cult centered around ritual human sacrifice, can he save his sister from the Evil lurking in the forest?

"T.M. Gray is a wonderful new writer who's sure to go places fast. Her characters are real people -- they live, breathe, and bleed, and we genuinely care what happens to them. The Ravenous hooked me from the very first page ... look out, Stephen King, 'cause there's room for more than one great horror writer in Maine!"
   -- J. Newman, Author of Midnight Rain and Holy Rollers

"T.M. Gray has been a favorite of mine for years. Her prose is beautiful, her characters striking, her terrors subtle; like a shadow across the moon, or a sudden chill in a warm room. To read her is to love her."
   --Brian Knight, Author of Feral and Dragonfly