The Works of Vermin

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Hiron Ennes is a visionary creative who writes like no one else - their imagination is vibrant and seemingly dauntless. The Works of Vermin is an intriguing work of whimsi-grotesquerie that's got it all: political intrigue, Wharton-esque manners, infectious disease, mysterious revenge and, of course, toxic bugs -- Olivie Blake, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Atlas Six</i> A lush and seductive story, rife with opulent horror and decaying decadence -- Sunyi Dean, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Book Eaters</i> I will follow this writer anywhere going forward -- Gillian Flynn, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Gone Girl</i> A hallucinatory scorpion sting -- Elizabeth Bear, author of the White Space series Tiliard is a wonderfully gooey, oozy, rotting mess of a city, full of gnawing vermin and weaponized perfume, and the story of its revolution is a squicky blast. Fans of Max Gladstone or Seth Dickinson will love this one -- Django Wexler, author of <i>How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying</i> In the space of two novels, Hiron Ennes has become one of the very few inhabitants of my Read-On-Sight list . . . if you're a fan of Mervyn Peake, Gene Wolfe, China Mieville - mammal, have I got a book for you. A book to be not so much read as wallowed and rolled around in -- Peter Watts, author of <i>Blindsight</i> and <i>Echopraxia</i> A brilliant, shapeshifting puzzle box of a book, as beautiful as it is bewildering. Rarely is language used so ecstatically these days. Read it aloud to someone - its mystery is best untangled with the mouth -- Christopher Buehlman, author of <i>The Daughters' War</i> Ennes is an alchemist, and The Works of Vermin is its own, new element. A brilliant blend of intense intrigue and the fantastically macabre -- Johnny Compton, author of <i>The Spite House</i> Truly on par with Vandermeer and Mieville, an absolute thrill to read * Literary Hub * Dazzling, elegant, and teeming with a glorious array of monstrosities, The Works of Vermin is at once wonderfully fresh and rotten to its worm-infested core. Loved it! -- Kerstin Hall, author of <i>Asunder</i> Plenty of horror novels have been described as 'skin crawling', but none of them deserve that epithet as much as The Works of Vermin * SFX * Bugs might feature prominently in The Works of Vermin, but this is much more than a simple horror. Ennes has created a detailed, dark, gritty, complex fantasy worth reading * GrimDark Magazine * Incandescently and extravagantly weird, a grotesque hallucination that will consume you * Ginger Nuts of Horor *