Trapped in the mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine. The book has been awarded. The Glittering World Robert Levy 9781476786223 Amazoncom Books Book Club Recommendations Supernatural Thrillers Psychological Thrillers A simple plan (1993) and the ruins (2006). The ruins by scott smith . The first edition of the novel was published in 2006, and was written by scott b. In the ruins, all of the characters and their vexed interrrelationships are richly and carefully drawn because, in a way, they are the story. In the ruins by kate elliott. A leisurely mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins. The ruins by scott smith is a remarkably thrilling horror novel published in 2006, which has been transformed into a major motion picture in 2008 with a similar title. the ruins by ...