Bat Eater

Whatever power you think you have is an illusion.Whatever your dreams are, they belong to me.And wherever you run, I am already there waiting for you. 'DAZZLING' CHLOE GONG 'GRIM, LUSH, FASCINATING' GUARDIANThe gripping conclusion to a fantasy duology set in an alternate Tang Dynasty China, where a girl with the ability to raise the dead gets caught up in the dangerous political games of the royal family.Since Zilan entered the world of royal alchemists, she has learned firsthand that alchemy comes at a price. She has lost her family and her beloved prince in her search for justice against the evil Empress. All Zilan wants now is to find some way to bring them back. Resurrection is her specialty, after all.In search of Penglai Island, where the infamous myth says life can be fully restored, Zilan starts a new adventure. But Penglai Island has been kept well hidden by a group of unpredictable, and often dangerous, alchemists. Uncovering the secret means challenging some of the most powerful alchemists to ever live. And when old threats come back to haunt Zilan, she will have to decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice to save her loved ones-and the practice of alchemy that has long defined her and the world around her.TROPESHistorical fantasy ¿Chinese folklore ¿Slow-burn romance ¿¿¿¿Sibling Dynamics ¿READERS LOVE THE BLOOD ORCHID'It's exciting, unique, interesting, and a lot of fun' ¿¿¿¿¿'Full of adventure, magic, resurrection' ¿¿¿¿¿'This book was just "chef's kiss" and I could not put it down! ¿' ¿¿¿¿¿'Action packed, gritty, tense and addictive' ¿¿¿¿¿'A captivating narrative' ¿¿¿¿¿

Cora Zeng ist Tatortreinigerin in New York. Die blutigen Überreste stören sie nicht, denn sie hat Schlimmeres gesehen. Sie war dabei, als ein Fremder ihre Schwester vor eine U-Bahn stieß. Der Täter wurde nie gefasst, doch sein letzter hasserfüllter Ausruf verfolgt Cora bis heute: Fledermausfresser.Seitdem schleicht sich das Grauen langsam in ihr Leben - das ständige Gefühl, beobachtet zu werden, Bissspuren in ihrem Couchtisch, Fledermäuse an den Tatorten und immer mehr ermordete asiatische Frauen. Ihre Tante warnt sie vor dem Fest der hungrigen Geister, bei dem sich die Pforten zur Unterwelt öffnen und die Toten nach den Lebenden greifen. So muss Cora lernen, dass man rachsüchtige Geister nicht ignorieren kann. Grady Hendrix: 'Dieses Buch hat mich vollkommen erschüttert.'Paul Tremblay: 'Ein fesselnder und blutiger Ritt, und ein Aufschrei gegen den Rassismus während der Corona-Hölle.'Booklist: 'Unverzichtbare Lektüre von einer neuen Stimme im Horror.'Alice Slater: 'Bat Eater stürzt wie eine Fledermaus der Verdammnis herab und wird dich komplett verschlingen.'Alma Katsu: 'Body-Horror und weibliche Wut vereinen sich zu einem kraftvollen Roman.'Veronica G. Henry: 'Ein Porträt der Feindseligkeit und Gewalt, die New York in der Corona-Pandemie heimsuchten.'

Before the Coffee Gets Cold meets KPop Demon Hunters in this cosy YA timeslip romance with a gorgeous Korean setting, cute cheesecake dates and a rogue time traveller you can't help but fall for.<BR><BR>Here's one thing I know for certain: if I never see you again, the world will end.<BR><BR>Yang Mina was born with the power to travel through time and has spent her life training to be an agent for the Descendants, a secret organisation which protects our timeline. <BR><BR>But when she discovers that the Descendants are corrupt - and erased her sister from existence - her whole world unravels. <BR><BR>Her only hope is Yejun, an irritatingly handsome but illegal agent. Can she ignore his charms long enough to restore the timeline, save her sister and pass her Calculus class?

USA TODAY BestsellerNew York Times Most Anticipated Book for 2026USA TODAY Most Anticipated Books of 2026Goodreads Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2026Book Riot "Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026"From the critically acclaimed, USA TODAY bestselling, New York Times Top 100, Shirley Jackson Award–winning author of Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng and Hell to Pay, a lyrical, wildly inventive horror novel interwoven with Japanese mythology, following two people living centuries apart who discover a door between their worlds.October, 2026: Lee Turner doesn’t remember how or why he killed his college roommate. The details are blurred and bloody. All he knows is he has to flee New York and go to the one place that might offer refuge—his father’s new home in Japan, a house hidden by sword ferns and wild ginger. But something is terribly wrong with the house: no animals will come near it, the bedroom window isn't always a window, and a woman with a sword appears in the yard when night falls.October, 1877: Sen is a young samurai in exile, hiding from the imperial soldiers in a house behind the sword ferns. A monster came home from war wearing her father’s face, but Sen would do anything to please him, even turn her sword on her own mother. She knows the soldiers will soon slaughter her whole family when she sees a terrible omen: a young foreign man who appears outside her window.One of these people is a ghost, and one of these stories is a lie.Something is hiding beneath the house of sword ferns, and Lee and Sen will soon wish they never unburied it.For readers who love: - Grady Hendrix and Stephen King - Japanese mythology - Friendship and family themes - Terrifying, gory stories - Horror with heart - A new take on the classic haunted house trope

A teen descendant of a Japanese dragon god must find out the truth of what happened to her missing sister while trying not to fall for a handsome rogue agent in acclaimed author Kylie Lee Baker's magical new YA romance, I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends.<BR><BR>"Here's one thing I know for certain: I'll never see you again. And if I never see you again, then in fifty years, the world will end." -Yejun<BR><BR>Yang Mina, descended from a Japanese dragon god, was born with the power to travel through time, and has spent her life training to take her place in the Descendants, a secret organization whose purpose is to protect the timeline. But since moving to Seoul, everything is falling apart. Mina has discovered that the Descendants are corrupt, that her sister has been erased from existence, and that she can't pass Calculus, which puts her mission to kiss the cutest boy in her year at risk. <BR><BR>With her very existence on the line, Mina decides to tread a dangerous path: team up with a handsome rogue agent named Yejun, who has a plan to free the Descendants from the corrupt influence, and (hopefully) restore Mina's sister. Between class and their time travel dates, Mina can't stop herself from falling for the mysterious Yejun. Yet, as Mina grows closer to Yejun, she also grows closer to discovering the truth, which may be the very thing that breaks her...

Whatever power you think you have is an illusion.Whatever your dreams are, they belong to me.And wherever you run, I am already there waiting for you. 'DAZZLING' CHLOE GONG 'GRIM, LUSH, FASCINATING' GUARDIANThe gripping conclusion to a fantasy duology set in an alternate Tang Dynasty China, where a girl with the ability to raise the dead gets caught up in the dangerous political games of the royal family.Since Zilan entered the world of royal alchemists, she has learned firsthand that alchemy comes at a price. She has lost her family and her beloved prince in her search for justice against the evil Empress. All Zilan wants now is to find some way to bring them back. Resurrection is her specialty, after all.In search of Penglai Island, where the infamous myth says life can be fully restored, Zilan starts a new adventure. But Penglai Island has been kept well hidden by a group of unpredictable, and often dangerous, alchemists. Uncovering the secret means challenging some of the most powerful alchemists to ever live. And when old threats come back to haunt Zilan, she will have to decide just how much she is willing to sacrifice to save her loved ones-and the practice of alchemy that has long defined her and the world around her.READERS LOVE THE BLOOD ORCHID'It's exciting, unique, interesting, and a lot of fun' ¿¿¿¿¿'Full of adventure, magic, resurrection' ¿¿¿¿¿'This book was just "chef's kiss" and I could not put it down! ¿' ¿¿¿¿¿'Action packed, gritty, tense and addictive' ¿¿¿¿¿'A captivating narrative' ¿¿¿¿¿

WINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2025'Haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous . . . This book shook me in all the best ways' GRADY HENDRIX'Gory' PAUL TREMBLAY'Bat Eater will swoop in like a bat out of hell, swallow you whole and leave no crumbs' ALICE SLATER'Easily one of the most exciting and unique books I've read in years' ERIC LAROCCACora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner. But the bloody messes don't bother her, not when she's already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister being pushed in front of a train.But the killer was never caught, and Cora is still haunted by his last words: bat eater.These days, nobody can reach Cora: not her aunt who wants her to prepare for the Hungry Ghost Festival, not her weird colleagues, and especially not the slack-jawed shadow lurking around her doorframe. After all, it can't be real - can it?After a series of unexplained killings in Chinatown, Cora believes that someone might be targeting East Asian women, and something might be targeting Cora herself.Soon, she will learn . . . you can't just ignore hungry ghosts. BAT EATER WAS A NUMBER 4 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WEEK ENDING 09/02/2025

Kylie Lee Baker returns with another addictive, gory, horror PHENOMENON'A blood-soaked, masterful blend of horror and mystery' GUARDIAN'Blood-slicked, unsettling and immersive' DAILY MAIL'A lush, unnerving ghost story' NEW YORK TIMES'Brilliantly inventive. A must read - I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' MONIKA KIM'A haunted house horror with a samurai twist' IGN'Audacious, surreal . . . An exquisite expression of human pain held tight across centuries' LEIGH RADFORD2026Lee can't remember exactly where he hid the body, but he can remember the blood. Hiding out at his father's centuries-old home in Japan, Lee knows something is wrong with him, and he knows it has something to do with his mother's disappearance almost a decade ago.1877A female samurai, Sen, stalks the borders of her home to protect her family from slaughter after the abolition of the samurai class. She's not sure how they'll ever survive, not without her father, who has returned from war with a different soul behind his eyes.When Lee and Sen find one another through a door between their worlds, they're both looking for answers. But what they find in the creaking old house they share is beyond what either of them could imagine...PRAISE FOR THE NEWEST VOICE IN HORROR:'A profound reminder of the true horrors that lurk in the world' TORI BOVALINO'A serial killer mystery and a heartbreaking portrayal of grief' KIRSTY LOGAN'This book dug its claws into me and would not let go' LING LING HUANG'Body horror and female rage fiction combine in a powerful novel that will leave you quaking' ALMA KATSU'A poignant, searing portrait of the hostility and violence that plagued pandemic-era NYC' VERONICA G. HENRY

New York Times 100 Notable Books for 20252025 Shirley Jackson Award for Best NovelGoodreads Choice Award Finalist for HorrorUSA TODAY Best Books of 2025Library Journal Best Books of 2025Spotify Best Horror Books of 2025Kobo Best Horror Books of 2025Book Riot Best Books of 2025Los Angeles Public Library Best Fiction of 2025Google Play Best Horror Novel of 2025"A compelling, gory, ghostly romp."—Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie"This is what it felt like to live in New York City during lockdown: haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous, and full of hungry ghosts."—Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted HouseIn this explosive horror novel, a woman is haunted by inner trauma, hungry ghosts, and a serial killer as she confronts the brutal violence experienced by East Asians during the pandemic.Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. But none of that seems so terrible when she’s already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister, Delilah, being pushed in front of a train.Before fleeing the scene, the murderer shouted two words: bat eater.So the bloody messes don’t really bother Cora—she’s more bothered by the germs on the subway railing, the bare hands of a stranger, the hidden viruses in every corner, and the bite marks on her coffee table. Of course, ever since Delilah was killed in front of her, Cora can’t be sure what's real and what’s in her head.She pushes away all feelings and ignores the advice of her aunt to prepare for the Hungry Ghost Festival, when the gates of hell open. But she can't ignore the dread in her stomach as she keeps finding bat carcasses at crime scenes, or the scary fact that all her recent cleanups have been the bodies of East Asian women.As Cora will soon learn, you can’t just ignore hungry ghosts.For fans of Stephen Graham Jones and Gretchen Felker-Martin, Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng is a wildly original, darkly humorous, and subversive contemporary novel from a striking new voice in horror.For readers who love: - Monika Kim, Stephen Graham Jones, and Grady Hendrix - Terrifying, gory horror with heart and dark humor - Ghost stories and mythology - Crime novels - Themes of friendship and family - Horror that highlights social issues