Summary
As World War II rages, Meiko shares eerie childhood stories, of yokai and malevolent demons, with her daughter, Aiko. These stories hold them together as they must confront the horror of being shipped to an internment camp in the Midwest. Never mind that Aiko is American, that her father is in the US Navy. They are Japanese.
As Meiko and Aiko learn to live in captivity, a contagion begins to spread in the camp. What starts as a cold quickly becomes fits of violence and aggression, eve…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803362045 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1803362049 |
| Author: | Alma Katsu |
| Publisher: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 316 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 198mm |
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Alma Katsu
Alma Katsu’s books have been nominated for and won multiple prestigious awards including the Stoker, Goodreads Readers Choice, International Thriller Writers, Locus Magazine, and the Western Heritage Awards. Her work has also appeared on numerous Best Books lists, including NPR, The Observer, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Goodreads, and Amazon.
She has written two spy novels, Red Widow and Red London, a natural extension of her thirty-plus year career in intelligence and her love of storytelling. Katsu also writes novels that blend historical fiction with supernatural and horror elements. Her book The Hunger (2018), a reimagining of the Donner Party, was named one of NPR’s 100 favorite horror stories, appeared on multiple Best Books of the Year lists, and sold rights in seventeen languages. Her debut novel, The Taker (2011), was recognized by Booklist as one of the top ten debut novels of 2011.
Katsu is also a contributor to The Washington Post Book World, where she reviews thrillers. She previously lived in the Washington, D.C. area and has since relocated to the mountains of West Virginia with her musician husband, Bruce, and their two dogs, Nick and Ash.
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