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Desert Creatures
Kay Chronister
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R478
R403
Discovery Miles 4 030
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This “genre-shredding” (Tor.com) feminist dystopian eco-horror,
perfect for fans of The Last of Us, traces a girl’s coming-of-age
on a post-apocalyptic trek through the Southwest. In a bleak,
desiccated future, eleven-year-old Magdala and her father are
forced to flee through the desolate landscape of the American
Southwest, searching for shelter and peace. Pursued by horrors both
unnatural and all-too-human, they join a pilgrimage to the holy
city of Las Vegas, where it is said that vigilante saints reside,
bright with neon power. Magdala, born with a clubfoot, is
determined to be healed there. But one by one, the pilgrims and her
father fall victim to an eerie, all-consuming sickness—leaving
Magdala to fend for herself in the wilderness. After surviving for
years on her own, Magdala grows tired of waiting for her miracle.
She turns her gaze to Las Vegas once more, taking an exiled Vegas
priest hostage to guide her as she navigates the unsettling expanse
of the desert and the hungry, dark ambitions of men. Even as she
nears the holy land, Magdala must choose: survival or salvation? In
this moving debut novel, acclaimed short fiction writer Kay
Chronister twines the strange, terrible beauty of the desert into a
haunting exploration of faith and hope. Bold and disquieting,
Desert Creatures is a surreal examination of humanity and the myths
we tell ourselves to survive.
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Desert Creatures
Kay Chronister
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R290
R239
Discovery Miles 2 390
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A young girl and her father take a desperate pilgrimage through a
blasted post-apocalyptic Mojave Desert to the Holy City of Las
Vegas in this vivid and uncanny tale of outsiders in a dangerous
world, perfect for fans of Lucy A. Snyder and Jeff Vandermeer. An
unknown devastation has swept across the United States, a sickness
causes the dead to flower and sprout fruit, and the promise of
miracles draws pilgrims from all over to the Holy City of Las
Vegas. Magdala and her father flee their home in the Sonora Desert,
setting out across the wasteland in search of a cure for her
disability. As they pass through blasted cities and ruined towns,
they are forced to join with a group of survivors making their own
pilgrimage. But the road to Las Vegas is filled with danger,
strange cults occupying the wreckage of towns, and uncanny stuffed
men roaming the desert. As a strange sickness begins to take hold,
the band of survivors grows ever thinner, and months turn to years.
Magdala finds herself placing her trust in the most unlikely of
places, and the closer she gets to her holy destination, the
further from salvation she seems.
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Supernatural Horror Short Stories (Hardcover)
Roger Luckhurst; Contributions by Daniele Bonfanti, Carolyn Charron, E. E. W. Christman, Kay Chronister, …
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R650
R537
Discovery Miles 5 370
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Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition
short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror, Science Fiction, Murder
Mayhem and Crime & Mystery this latest title crawls with the
dark fingers of terror, the chilling sensation of another presence
sitting alongside you while you read the tales of horror laid out
before you. Contains a fabulous mix of classic and brand new
writing, with authors from the US, Canada, and the UK.
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Thin Places (Paperback)
Kay Chronister
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R479
R396
Discovery Miles 3 960
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