Description
| Product ID: | 9781789099034 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Butcher |
| Authors: | Author: Laura Kat Young |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Horror and supernatural fiction, Horror & ghost stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A suspenseful small-town horror novel of oppression, heartbreak and buried anguish - Shirley Jackson meets Never Let Me Go with the wild west setting of Westworld. A suspenseful small-town horror novel of oppression, heartbreak and buried anguish – Shirley Jackson meets Never Let Me Go with the wild west setting of Westworld. When Lady Mae turns 18, she''ll inherit her mother''s job as the Butcher: dismembering Settlement Five’s guilty residents as payment for their petty crimes. An index finger taken for spreading salacious gossip, a foot for blasphemy, no one is exempt from punishment. But one day Winona refuses to butcher a six-year-old boy. So their leaders, known as the Deputies, come to Lady Mae’s house, and, right there in the living room, murder her mother for refusing her duties. Within twenty-four hours, now alone in the world, Lady Mae begins her new job. But a chance meeting years later puts her face to face with the Deputy that murdered her mother. Now Lady Mae must choose: will she flee, and start another life in the desolate mountains, forever running? Or will she seek vengeance for her mother’s death even if it kills her? A devastating, alarming page-turner infused with melancholy, humanity – and society’s maddening acceptance in the face of horror. |
| Imprint Name: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-13 |