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The plot of the ruins is just as straightforward and nononsense as the style. The book fits specifically into the survival horror genre, which is marked by people doing whatever it takes to conquer their environment and stay alive. The ruins follows two american couples, just out of college, enjoying a pleasant, lazy beach holiday together in mexico as, on an impulse, they go off with newfound friends in search of one of their group the young german, who, in pursuit of a girl, has headed for the remote mayan ruins, site of a fabled archaeological dig. He has published two suspense novels, a simple plan and the ruins, and adapted them for the screen. Early life will smith was the second of four children of caroline school board employee and willard c. A concise history of the new deal during the 1930s, franklin d. The ruins, his new horror noveland oh yes by any definition of the term this is a horror novel, not a simple thriller like smiths previous book, a simple plan. The first edition of the novel was published in 2006, and was written by scott b. This book is the 2472nd greatest fiction book of all time as determined by. The leopard hunts in darkness by smith, wilbur, 1933.
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