New Releases by Andrew Joseph White

Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation amidst an alien invasion in rural West Virginia. Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling humans salvation. A fresh start. It’s an offer that none refuse. Crane is grateful. Among his hive’s followers, Crane has found a chance to transition, to never speak again, to live a life that won’t destroy him. He even met Levi: a handsome ex-Marine and brutal killer who treats him like a real man, mostly. But when Levi gets Crane pregnant—and the hive demands the child’s birth, no matter the cost—Crane’s desperation to make it stop will drive the community that saved him into a devastating spiral that can only end in blood. You Weren’t Meant to Be Human is a deeply personal horror; a visceral statement about the lives of marginalized people in a hostile world, echoing the works of Stephen Graham Jones and Eric LaRocca.

Peux-tu échapper au monstre s’il sommeille en toi ? Aux États-Unis, un culte évangéliste extrémiste a diffusé partout dans le monde un virus mortel surpuissant. Benji, un adolescent transgenre de seize ans, fuit désespéremment cette secte avec son père... et puis, sans lui. Acculé par des fanatiques sanguinaires, Benji est sauvé par un groupe de jeunes queer survivants. Leur charismatique leader, Nick, un tireur d’élite autiste, connaît le terrible secret de Benji : l'arme biologique de la secte est en train de le faire muter en monstre, la dernière étape de leur plan pour rayer définitivement l’humanité de la carte. Trahisons, mensonges, non-dits ; comment faire encore confiance aux autres, dans un monde où tout est détruit ? Quand Theo, le fiancé de Benji, retrouve sa trace et le couvre d’amour, ce dernier ne sait plus à qui se fier. Doit-il se raccrocher à la violence qu’il a toujours connue, quitte à utiliser cette malédiction pour faire le bien ?

Mors vincit omnia. Smrt vítězí nad vším. Londýn 1883. Závoj mezi živými a mrtvými se ztenčil. Média s fialovýma očima komunikují s duchy pod bedlivým dohledem Královské mluvčí společnosti a šestnáctiletý Silas Bell by si raději své fialové oči vydloubal, než aby se stal poslušnou manželkou Mluvčího. Podle matky do konce roku uzavře sňatek. Nezáleží na tom, že potřeboval deset let a řadu učitelů, aby zvládl skrýt svůj autismus, že praktikuje chirurgické zákroky na zaříznutých prasatech z jatek, že je chlapec, i když celý svět trvá na opaku a vidí ho jako dívku. Poté, co jeho snaha uniknout domluvenému sňatku selže, je Silasovi diagnostikována Závojová nemoc – tajemná choroba, v jejímž důsledku ženy s fialovýma očima propadají šílenství – a je poslán do Braxtonské dívčí školy a sanatoria. Zařízení je to chladné, pečovatelé nemilosrdní a studentky buďto rozkvetou v žádoucí nevěsty, nebo zmizí. A tak když Silase začnou duchové pohřešovaných studentek prosit o pomoc, rozhodne se sáhnout do útrob Braxtonu a odhalit jeho prohnilé vnitřnosti světu – pokud ho ovšem škola napřed nezlomí.

Mach dich bereit zu sterben. Sein Reich ist nah. Der sechzehnjährige Transjunge Benji ist auf der Flucht vor den Menschen, die ihn großgezogen haben – einer fundamentalistischen Sekte, die ein Armageddon verursacht und fast die ganze Weltbevölkerung ausgelöscht hat. Verzweifelt sucht er nach einem Ort, an dem die Sekte ihn, oder noch viel wichtiger die Biowaffe, mit der sie ihn infiziert hat, nicht in die Finger bekommen kann. Als ihn Monster in die Enge treiben, wird Benji von einer Gruppe Jugendlicher aus dem örtlichen Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, ALC genannt, gerettet. Ihr Anführer Nick, ist wunderschön, autistisch und ein tödlicher Scharfschütze. Er kennt Benjis dunkles Geheimnis: Die Biowaffe der Sekte lässt ihn zu einem Monster mutieren, das tödlich genug ist, um die Menschheit endgültig zu vernichten. Dennoch bietet Nick Benji Unterschlupf in seiner Gruppe queerer Teenager, solange er das Monster kontrollieren und seine Kraft zur Verteidigung des ALC einsetzen kann. Benji will unbedingt dazugehören und akzeptiert Nicks Bedingungen ... bis er herausfindet, dass der mysteriöse Anführer des ALC einen ganz eigenen Plan verfolgt und mehr als nur ein paar Geheimnisse hat. Ein queerer Roman voller Wut, in dem es darum geht, das Monster in einem selbst anzunehmen und mit seiner Hilfe gegen Unterdrückung anzugehen. Perfekt für Fans von "Ich bin Gideon" und "Auslöschung".

A gut-wrenching page-turner about rebellion and trans rage following a teen who survives attempted murder and the ghosts who seek vengeance in the Appalachian mountains. On the night Miles Abernathy—sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian—comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of the blood feud plaguing Twist Creek: Photos that prove the county's Sheriff Davies was responsible for the so-called "accident" that injured his dad, killed others, and crushed their grassroots efforts to unseat him. The feud began a hundred years ago when Miles's great-great-grandfather, Saint Abernathy, incited a miners' rebellion that ended with a public execution at the hands of law enforcement. Now, Miles becomes the feud's latest victim as the sheriff's son and his friends sniff out the evidence, follow him through the woods, and beat him nearly to death. In the hospital, the ghost of a soot-covered man hovers over Miles's bedside while Sheriff Davies threatens Miles into silence. But when Miles accidently kills one of the boys who hurt him, he learns of other folks in Twist Creek who want out from under the sheriff's heel. To free their families from this cycle of cruelty, they're willing to put everything on the line—is Miles?

Připravte se zemřít. Jeho království se blíží. Šestnáctiletý trans chlapec Benji je na útěku před kultem, který ho vychoval – před fundamentalistickou sektou, která rozpoutala Armageddon a zdecimovala světovou populaci. Zoufale hledá místo, kde by se k němu kult nedostal, ale hlavně kde by se nedostal k biologické zbrani, kterou Benjiho infikovali. Když však netvoři zrození z destrukce zaženou Benjiho do kouta, zachrání ho skupina teenagerů z místního Achesonského LGBTQ+ centra, kterému láskyplně říkají ALC. Nick, vůdce ALC, je fešák, autista a ostrostřelec a zná Benjiho nejtemnější tajemství: že BEnji kvůli biologické zbrani kultu mutuje v netvora natolik smrtícího, že by mohl jednou provždy vymazat lidstvo z tváře Země. Přesto Nick nabídne Benjimu útočiště mezi členy své nesourodé skupiny queer teenagerů, pokud ovšem udrží Benji monstrum pod kontrolou a bude jeho moc využívat na obranu ALC. Benji na Nickovy podmínky přistoupí, neboť touží někam patřit... dokud ovšem neodhalí, že tajuplný vůdce ALC má skryté úmysly a nemálo vlastních tajemství. Za námi šlo Záhrobí je zuřivý queer románový debut o přijetí netvora v sobě a o obrácení jeho moci proti utiskovatelům. Dokonalá volba pro fanoušky Gideon Deváté a Anihilace.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A Stonewall Honor Book in Young Adult Literature! A blood-soaked and nauseating triumph that cuts like a scalpel and reads like your darkest nightmare. New York Times bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with the transgressive gothic horror of our time! Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old trans, autistic Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife. After a failed attempt to escape an arranged marriage, Silas is diagnosed with Veil sickness—a mysterious disease sending violet-eyed women into madness—and shipped away to Braxton’s Finishing School and Sanitorium. When the ghosts of missing students start begging Silas for help, he decides to reach into Braxton’s innards and expose its guts to the world—so long as the school doesn’t break him first. Featuring an autistic trans protagonist in a historical setting, Andrew Joseph White’s much-anticipated sophomore novel does not back down from exposing the violence of the patriarchy and the harm inflicted on trans youth who are forced into conformity. A Stonewall Honor Book in Young Adult Literature A Chicago Public Library 'Best of the Best' Book A Locus Award Finalist A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Year A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book! A Booklist Editors’ Choice A Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year! A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors. "A long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus." —The New York Times Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with. But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. The ALC’s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji’s darkest secret: the cult’s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all. Still, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick’s terms…until he discovers the ALC’s mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and more than a few secrets of his own. Perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth and Annihilation. A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year A William C. Morris Award Finalist A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A YAVA Award Nominee! A Booklist Editors' Choice Selection A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book Named to the ALA Rainbow Roundtable's Rainbow Book List

Heartbreak. Obsession. Grief. Jealousy. Love can turn tainted, even cruel. Dark Hearts: Tales of Twisted Love is a collection of twenty horrifying stories about love turned sinister. These established and debut authors aren't afraid to examine difficult subjects, or dip into the darker recesses of human emotion, in stories that are original, unexpected, and thought-provoking.The collection begins with a woman who attempts to design her ideal mate (Dearly Devoted) and ends with an unrequited love that lasts beyond the grave (The House by the Sea). In between, you'll find breakups (Sister Smoke), stalkers (Charming), abusive husbands (The Echo) and cult followers (The Bloom). You will discover macabre taxidermists (One for Sorrow), obsessive lepidopterists (The Butterfly Collector), and furious harpies (Lilac Wine).For those who enjoy the supernatural, there are witches (Everything She's Looking For) vengeful ghosts (Rosalba), and jealous vampires (The Dark Gift). And while some of the stories are poetic and lyrical (Fade Into You), others are blackly humorous (Bumped, White Noise).Queer love stories abound, including Sweet Roots and The Follower, and the volume is not restricted to romantic love, either. Superstitious deals with a mother's love, while The Loveliest Corpse shows the other side of the coin, and Hold Your Sister Until You Can't Anymore showcases sibling affection under bleak circumstances.One thing is for certain: after reading these stories you'll find yourself looking at love in an entirely different light.Contributors: Adam Down, Allison Floyd, Andrew Joseph White, Antonia Ward, Ashley Van Elswyk, Caitlin Marceau, Cara Mast, C.M. Lowry, Emma Kathryn, Jelena Dunato, Jenna Junior, Joshua Robinson, Julie Sevens, Kelly Piner, Lindz McLeod, Matias Travieso-Diaz, Meg Sipos, Paige Johnson, Shannon Scott, Simone le Ro