Ta chansen | The Book Eaters

Hidden across England and Scotland live six old Book Eater families. The last of their lines, they exist on the fringes of society and subsist on a diet of stories and legends. Children are rare and their numbers have dwindled, so when Devon Fairweathers second child is born a dreaded Mind Eatera perversion of her own kind, who consumes not stories but the minds and souls of humansshe flees before he can be turned into a weapon for the family or worse. Living among humans and finding prey for her son, Devon seeks a cure for his hunger. But time is running outfor her family want her back, and with every soul her son consumes he loses a little more of himself This is a story of escape, a mothers savage devotion and a queer love that will electrify readers looking for something beguiling, thrilling, strange and new.