The Last Ritual, S.A. Sidor
The Last Ritual, S.A. Sidor
1 Rating(s)
List: $19.99 | Sale: $13.99
Club: $9.99

The Last Ritual

Author: S.A. Sidor

Narrator: Todd Menesses

Unabridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/21/2021

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Media Tie-in


Synopsis

A mad surrealist's art threatens to rip open the fabric of reality, in this twisted tale of eldritch horror and conspiracy, from the wildly popular world of Arkham Horror.

Aspiring painter Alden Oakes is invited to join a mysterious art commune in Arkham: the New Colony. When celebrated Spanish surrealist Juan Hugo Balthazarr visits the colony, Alden and the other artists quickly fall under his charismatic spell. Balthazarr throws a string of decadent parties for Arkham's social elite, conjuring arcane illusions which blur the boundaries between nightmare and reality. Only slowly does Alden come to suspect that Balthazarr's mock rituals are intended to break through those walls and free what lies beyond. Alden must act, but it might already be too late to save himself, let alone Arkham.

About S.A. Sidor

S. A. Sidor is the author of four dark crime thrillers and more recently two splendid supernatural-pulp adventures, Fury from the Tomb and The Beast of Nightfall Lodge. He lives near Chicago with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by C.T. on March 06, 2023

THE LAST RITUAL is the second novel of the Arkham Horror standalone novel series. I was a huge fan of Josh Reynold's WRATH OF N'KAI novel and was interested in seeing what more the series might do with the boardgame's version of Arkham, Massachusetts. Chaosium's CALL OF CTHULHU has a history of fict......more

Goodreads review by Dean on October 22, 2020

I will be keeping a close eye on Arkham Horror from now on. The Last Ritual: An Arkham Horror Novel is the latest work from SA Sidor the mastermind author of The Institute for Singular Antiquities series. As a big fan of the series I knew straight away that I needed to get my hands on a copy of The L......more

Goodreads review by M.C on January 31, 2022

Lo más destacable de esta novela pulp es que se lee más o menos fácil y que está escrita de un modo clásico, sin grandes complicaciones en la trama, con personajes básicos y estereotipados, inspirada en los mitos de Lovecraft (como casi todo lo de hoy en día, si no es Lovecraft, es King, pero todos......more

Goodreads review by Paulo "paper books only" on March 15, 2021

This was a disappointing. I can't really phantom giving the novel 5 stars because this has little to no horror. It's a story about a guy going around and not doing anything at all. The main character is a bit flashout but most other characters are not. I had to stop and read other novels inbetween be......more

Goodreads review by Joel on September 27, 2020

I have never played any of the H. P. Lovecraft-inspired Arkham Horror cooperative games, so I have no idea how well this novel ties into the characters and mechanics. However, I have read a lot of Lovecraftian fiction and 1920’s detective fiction and, to be perfectly honest, this comes across as a w......more