Caitlin Starling Knihy

Vzrušující debut Caitlin Starling s intenzitou a napětím Marťana a Gravitace i plíživou atmosférou Anihilace. Hlavní hrdinkou románu, jehož děj se odehrává na kolonizované planetě Cassandra-V, je mladá speleoložka Gyre Priceová, která se pouští do děsivé psychologické a emocionální hry o holé přežití. Když se Gyre dostala na tuto expedici, myslela si, že bude mapovat nerostná ložiska a jejím největším problémem budou zřícené podzemní jeskyně. Očekávala, že dostane k ruce zkušený tým, který na ni bude z povrchové základny dávat pozor. Napovídala tomu ostatně i tučná odměna, díky níž Gyre věřila, že bude moci z téhle bohem zapomenuté planety vypadnout a konečně najít svoji matku, která před lety zmizela neznámo kam. Jenže místo toho dostala k ruce tajnůstkářskou a odměřenou Em, která nevidí nic špatného na tom, když do své svěřenkyně ve jménu „hladkého průběhu expedice“ násilím napumpuje drogy. Co víc, ztracená a dezorientovaná Gyre si začne všímat drobných nesrovnalostí v podobě chybějících zásob i nečekaných změn v trase. A k tomu ten zvláštní pocit, že ji v temnotě jeskyní někdo sleduje...

A new novel of genre-busting speculative horror from the acclaimed author of The Death of Jane Lawrence.

"In Yellow Jessamine, shipping magnate Evelyn Perdanu controls the dying city of Delphinium with trade deals and secrets. But when mysterious sickness sparks death and obsession, all leading back to her, Evelyn's brittle existence is strained to breaking. She retreats to her estate, amidst paranoia and poisonous secrets, intent on rooting out this plague before it destroys everything she has built."--Amazon.com

A haunting new imagining of gothic horror set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England that is not to be read alone at night. For fans of Crimson Peak, Shirley Jackson, Mexican Gothic and Rebecca.

From the nationally bestselling author of The Luminous Dead and The Death of Jane Lawrence, a transfixing, intensely atmospheric fever dream of medieval horror. Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. Food is running low and there has been no sign of rescue. But just as the survivors consider deliberately thinning their number, the castle stores are replenished. The sick are healed. And the divine figures of the Constant Lady and her Saints have arrived, despite the barricaded gates, offering succor in return for adoration. Soon, the entire castle is under the sway of their saviors, partaking in intoxicating feasts of terrible origin. The war hero Ser Voyne gives her allegiance to the Constant Lady. Phosyne, a disorganized, paranoid nun-turned-sorceress, races to unravel the mystery of these new visitors and exonerate her experiments as their source. And in the bowels of the castle, a serving girl, Treila, is torn between her thirst for a secret vengeance against Voyne and the desperate need to escape from the horrors that are unfolding within Aymar's walls. As the castle descends into bacchanalian madness--forgetting the massed army beyond its walls in favor of hedonistic ecstasy--these three women are the only ones to still see their situation for what it is. But they are not immune from the temptations of the castle's new masters... or each other; and their shifting alliances and entangled pasts bring violence to the surface. To save the castle, and themselves, will take a reimagining of who they are, and a reorganization of the very world itself.