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Temple of the Spider God: An Archaeological Thriller
A dusty, hand-written journal kicks off a deadly expedition deep into the jungles of Southern Peru.
The journal leads the explorers to the site of the ruined village in the shadow of a mountain - a hollow mountain with a colossal ziggurat inside. It is a temple built to honor one of the Moche religion’s chief deities - a building-sized spider known as The Decapitator. Once revered for its strength and protection, this colossal Spider is now a caged monster driven insane by centuries of isolation. The massive beast stalks the group through the cavernous temple, ready to torture and slay the entire academic expedition.
The team soon find themselves in a traumatic and bloody fight for survival against a horrifying creature from legend. Can anyone survive The Spider God?
The journal leads the explorers to the site of the ruined village in the shadow of a mountain - a hollow mountain with a colossal ziggurat inside. It is a temple built to honor one of the Moche religion’s chief deities - a building-sized spider known as The Decapitator. Once revered for its strength and protection, this colossal Spider is now a caged monster driven insane by centuries of isolation. The massive beast stalks the group through the cavernous temple, ready to torture and slay the entire academic expedition.
The team soon find themselves in a traumatic and bloody fight for survival against a horrifying creature from legend. Can anyone survive The Spider God?
119 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 16, 2023
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About the author
Steve Metcalf
23 books4 followersSteve Metcalf has published numerous books and has had two short screenplays produced. He has successfully completed the National Novel Writing Month competition in 2012 and 2013. A writer of literary fiction, as opposed to writing in one genre, Steve has published a book about the videogame industry, two time travel stories, three horror stories and a fantasy-adventure that blurs the lines between pirate history and modern-day treasure hunters.
Like many writers, Steve has a drawer full of completed projects that might never see the light of day - including two finished novels, seven feature length screenplays and six episodes of a sitcom called "Doctor Joystick."
Like many writers, Steve has a drawer full of completed projects that might never see the light of day - including two finished novels, seven feature length screenplays and six episodes of a sitcom called "Doctor Joystick."
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September 1, 2025
The only good thing was the amount of death in this book and how gruesome they were.
The rest was utter boring shit.
Bcs the book is so short there is no actual character development. All the American expedition members are stupid as fuck. When u are on an official expedition that was arranged with the Peru government and u get intercepted by some 'military' that canceled your actual convoi to the jungle.... Maybe all the gov? And not just agree and get fucked over bcs they are DUH in fact not from the gov.
But OK.
Beside all that there were random parts of human history that hadn't anything to do with the story. Like crusaders or Egypt. It looked like the author wanted to just show off his use of Wikipedia. It was really stupid.
The rest was utter boring shit.
Bcs the book is so short there is no actual character development. All the American expedition members are stupid as fuck. When u are on an official expedition that was arranged with the Peru government and u get intercepted by some 'military' that canceled your actual convoi to the jungle.... Maybe all the gov? And not just agree and get fucked over bcs they are DUH in fact not from the gov.
But OK.
Beside all that there were random parts of human history that hadn't anything to do with the story. Like crusaders or Egypt. It looked like the author wanted to just show off his use of Wikipedia. It was really stupid.
January 26, 2023
If you enjoy creature horror and giant spiders this book will catch you right from the start. Fast paced and full of eight legged mayhem. A fun short novel.
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March 20, 2023Full Review: https://monsterbookclub.com/2023/03/2...
February 3, 2023
Decent horror
In my opinion, it took way too long to getting going and the action was brief at the end. Not very scary. Never felt vested in the characters. Did I mention the action took too long to get going? The ending was lame. Sorry. Not satisfied. Again, only my opinion. Can't recommend.
In my opinion, it took way too long to getting going and the action was brief at the end. Not very scary. Never felt vested in the characters. Did I mention the action took too long to get going? The ending was lame. Sorry. Not satisfied. Again, only my opinion. Can't recommend.
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