The Troop

What a great way to start the winter ; with a horror novel that is so disturbingly gory that reading it might make you physically recoil (quite literally).
Five children goes to a 3 day camping trip in an isolated island. The first night they encounter a mysterious man on a boat, coming from the sea and things go drastically and horribly wrong after that.
This is an example of old school horror done right. This book, being bleak, terrifying and utterly disturbing gets an easy recommendation from me.