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"Starling is one of the new leading voices in horror," -- Locus "A delicious Gothic romance.... It has to walk the line between romance and horror and not flinch away from either. The Death of Jane Lawrence is up to this task.... By the time the book reached that point of no return, I was so invested that I would have followed Jane into the very depths of hell." -- NPR "Ghostly, mysterious, and terrifying, The Luminous Dead will have you rooted to the spot until the very last page." -- Peng Shepherd, author of The Book of M "A harrowing, merciless descent into the human psyche. Starling''s prose is breathtakingly cinematic and left me without a molecule of spare oxygen. This book will catch you by the ankles and drag you backwards into a terrifying and inescapable reality. Read this one with all the lights on." -- Sarah Gailey, Hugo award-winning author of River of Teeth on The Luminous Dead "A tense psychological thriller and a gripping survival story that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through. It''s a dark ride that''s worth every step." -- Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot Diaries on The Luminous Dead
About the author
Caitlin Starling is the nationally bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence and the Bram Stoker-nominated The Luminous Dead. Her newest novels, The Starving Saints and The Graceview Patient, epitomize her love of genre-hopping horror; her bibliography spans besieged castles, alien caves, and haunted hospitals. Her short fiction has been published by GrimDark Magazine and Neon Hemlock, and her nonfiction has appeared in Nightmare, Uncanny, and Nightfire. Caitlin also works in narrative design, and has been paid to invent body parts. She’s always on the lookout for new ways to inflict insomnia.
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"As brilliant as it is bizarre. From the very first page you know you are in the hands of an author at the height of their abilities. Truly one of the most inventive, audacious, immersive novels I've ever read. Grips you like the cold sweat of a fever and doesn't let you go until the final moment of dizzying, gut-shot revelation. This is the unhinged cannibal book of my dreams-and my nightmares."
- Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning
"Holy crap on a stick, this book is messed up in the best way. The Starving Saints broke my brain. It's cannibalism like you've never seen it before!"
- T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of Nettle & Bone
"The Starving Saints is a rich, strange, deeply medieval novel that left me astonished and delighted. Starling expertly dismantles our expectations in this perfectly rendered puzzle box of a world. I would follow these women anywhere, which would probably not end well for me."
- Kate Heartfield, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Embroidered Book
"This fantastical story is transfixing on its own, but it also serves to underscore that humanity's obsession with power may be the biggest horror of all. . . . A brilliantly constructed and thoroughly unnerving fever dream that Starling's fans will gulp down." - Library Journal (starred review)
"This medieval fever dream is seasoned with sapphic romance but thoroughly marinated in cannibalistic body horror. . . . Starling cleverly balances the carnage-filled surrealism with three women who show their love in ways both passionate and deep." - Booklist (starred review)
"A masterful medievalesque fantasy . . . . Starling expertly balances the plot's contrasting aims, offering gruesome horror and sweeping fantasy worldbuilding in equal measure. The dextrously delineated human hierarchy in the castle and the creepy saints' bee-based faith system undergird the increasingly shocking events of the plot. The pace is fast, the twists are unexpected, and the complex queer characters-each of whom narrate in wonderfully distinct voices-are easy to root for. This is a feast." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Starling is one of the new leading voices in horror," - Locus
"A delicious Gothic romance.... It has to walk the line between romance and horror and not flinch away from either. The Death of Jane Lawrence is up to this task.... By the time the book reached that point of no return, I was so invested that I would have followed Jane into the very depths of hell." - NPR
