Bat Eater: Sharp, witty, GORY: The addictive social horror-thriller of 2025 from bestselling author of THE SCARLET ALCHEMIST

''ESSENTIAL READING FROM A NEW VOICE IN HORROR' BOOKLIST
*****'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 LAROCCA


Cora 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.

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PRAISE FOR BAT EATER

'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