American Rapture

‘Leede masterfully eases readers into a taut horror plot in her standout sophomore outing … plenty of page-turning suspense, and this proves hard to put down’ * Publishers Weekly *‘A riveting, sprawling, staggeringly brilliant novel about the horrors of shame and repression and sexual violence and moral panics. American Rapture is a riotous scream and an emotional ode to anyone who has ever hidden their true self under their mattress. Blood-soaked, heart-wrenching, grim and glorious. Leede is a singular talent’ – Rachel Harrison, author of BLACK SHEEP‘One of the best new writers in the genre’ * Paste Magazine *‘American Rapture has its finger on the bloody, fevered pulse, fearlessly addressing notions of love, sex, faith, redemption, individuality. You won’t read anything else like it’ – Keith Rosson, author of FEVER HOUSE‘This gruesomely lustful reality has all the hallmarks of great apocalyptic fiction. But beneath some fantastic set pieces and truly soul-scarring events, there is a furious satire of America’s sexual politics’ * Vulture *

C.J. LEEDE is the author of MAEVE FLY, winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award, a Bram Stoker Award and Splatterpunk Award nominee. When she is not driving around the country, she can be found in LA with her boyfriend and rescue dogs.

AMERICAN RAPTURE is her second novel.