In the Silent Darkness Beneath the Hill

It all started with a dead body found in the vicinity of Barsoll - a snow-covered village in the mountains of England. An accident, one of those that happen every winter in these parts? But then what is that mysterious symbol drawn in charcoal next to the victim's body? Soon the unfortunate residents of Barsoll will learn the answer. An unprecedented snowstorm is approaching, and with it come the Flesh-Eaters, beings from terrifying forgotten legends, who conducted bloody rituals in honor of their monstrous gods many centuries before the first Christians appeared. The Dance is coming, and a painful death is in store for all living things when the Sleepers in the Abyss awaken...
A masterful, blood-soaked folk horror, nominated for the British Fantasy Award in the Best Novel category. "Here, human cruelty collides with incomprehensible horror in a breathtaking narrative. Astoundingly brutal, convincingly terrifying, this novel leads us through levels of fear to a climax filled with cosmic terror that would do honor to the classics of the genre" (Ramsey Campbell, multiple winner of the World Fantasy Award).