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The Devil Rides Out

By: Dennis Wheatley
Narrated by: Nick Mercer
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A classic of the horror genre, Dennis Wheatley’s The Devil Rides Out pits the powers of good against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles for the soul of his friend with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata. Mocata has the power to summon the forces of darkness and - as the Duc and his friends will find - is willing to call upon ever-increasing horror until thundering hooves herald the arrival of the Devil Himself. The book was also made into a classic cult horror film in 1968, starring Christopher Lee and Charles Gray.

©2012 Dennis Wheatley (P)2012 Audible Ltd Ghosts Horror Scary Haunted Classics

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I have read all the Dennis Wheatley occult series on paper. Considering this was written in the 1930's it is still scary. Nick Mercer narrates all these stories superbly.

Wheatley at his best.

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Listened to this book several times and always pick out some new information. Recommend it to all.

Superb Story.

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A book I first read nearly sixty years ago the audible version is excellent, bringing the barious characters to life

A well read version of a gripping novel

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Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes but the story was far too long to do so.











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this story held my attention from the beginning as duc and rick search for their friend to the black mass, which is described and why various items are there, to the end.
nick mercer did a good job performing the story bringing so much more to the atmosphere and pace of the book than smply reading the story.

gripping story.

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Initially I found the building up of the story a little ordinary, not bad but somewhat formulaic. At the same time I didn't initially feel sufficiently invested in the character who was in jeopardy to really feel the tension. However, once I got about a third of the way in there are some brilliant set pieces and the characters had grown on me enough that I cared about their plight. I had to listen to the last 2 hours or so in a solid block, so it had really picked up by the end. The conclusion was perhaps a little unsatisfactory, but I honestly can't think of a better way to do it, so I don't really think I can heavily criticise it for that.

The narration was a bit patchy at times, Nick Mercer sometimes seemed to be confused about which character was speaking and on at least one occasion read one of the characters names wrongly! Pretty solid overall though.

Stay with it as the pace picks up

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