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The viral TikTok sensation: the dystopian cannibal horror everyone is talking about

‘A thrilling dystopia that everyone should read’ DAZED
‘A hideous, bold, unforgettable vision of the future’ i-D MAGAZINE

If everyone was eating human meat, would you?

Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans – only no one calls them that. He works with numbers, consignments, processing. One day, he’s given a specimen of the finest quality. He leaves her tied up in an outhouse, a problem to be disposed of later.
But she haunts Marcos. Her trembling body, and watchful gaze, seem to understand. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost – and what might still be saved…

READER REVIEWS

‘As thought provoking as it is bone chilling’
‘Intoxicatingly terrifying’
‘Relentlessly twisted… Has stuck with me more than a year later’
‘Sickening in every way… Unforgettable’

Publisher Review

'Horribly effective... This provocative novel expertly wields a double-edged cleaver... 'in the end, meat is meat, it doesn't matter where it's from'; it's a statement of both dystopic extremity and banal everyday fact' - Guardian 'A compelling dystopian novel' - Independent 'This is a hideous, bold and unforgettable vision of the future. Just make sure you've eaten before picking it up' - i-D magazine 'Told with a chilly aloofness that makes the horror of it all the more disturbing' - Financial Times 'A thrilling dystopia that everyone should read' - Dazed 'A skin crawling yet compelling read' - Refinery29