Oracle - The debut novel from the author of Eyes Guts Throat Bones

''One of my favourite storytellers'' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE ''An incredible and unique imagination'' IRISH TIMES In a lighthouse on a crumbling coastline, two greying wives keep the fires lit, reading futures in fish scales and sending signals into the dark, while a monster with an almost human face circles their garden, sly and hungry. Further up the coast, a woman experiencing strange cravings after an intense heartbreak feels herself pulled to the light at the cliff''s edge, where she might finally be able to satisfy her hunger. A wild take on the goriness of romantic hunger, Oracle is the debut novel for adults by award-winning writer Moira Fowley - an unforgettable exploration of love, desire and possession.

About the author

Moïra Fowley is the author of three critically acclaimed YA novels and a part-time witch. Her first book for adults, Eyes Guts Throat Bones was published in 2023, and one of the stories in the collection won an Irish Book Award for Short Story of the Year. Half-French and half-Irish, she lives in Dublin with her girlfriend and her two children.

Product details

• Authors: Moira Fowley, Moïra Fowley
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2025
• EAN: 9781399737494
• ISBN: 978-1-399-73749-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Fantasy, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Of specific Lesbian interest, Horror & ghost stories, Magical Realism, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Relating to lesbians, Narrative theme: Environmental issues, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian