- Horror, Fantasy, Dark Academia, Queer
**A deeply dark academia novel from USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw, perfect for fans of A Deadly Education and The Atlas Six who are hungry for something a little more diabolical.** The Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted is the premier academy for the dangerously the Anti-Christs and Ragnaroks, the world-eaters and apocalypse-makers. Hellebore promises redemption, acceptance, and a normal life after graduation. At least, that’s what Alessa Li is told when she’s kidnapped and forcibly enrolled. But there’s more to Hellebore than meets the eye. On graduation day, the faculty go on a ravenous rampage, feasting on Alessa’s class. Only Alessa and a group of her classmates escape the carnage. Trapped in the school’s library, they must offer a human sacrifice every night, or else the faculty will break down the door and kill everyone. Can they band together and survive, or will the faculty eat its fill?
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Classical in form, bleak, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Cassandra Khaw
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 296
- Publisher
- Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom, Titan Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781250877826
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Cassandra Khaw writes horror, video games, tweets for money, articles about video games, and tabletop RPGs. These are not necessarily unrelated items. Her work can be found in professional short story magazines such as Clarkesworld, Fireside Fiction, Uncanny, and Shimmer. Cassandra's first paranormal rom-com Bearly a Lady releases this year. She hopes no one will be very startled by A Song for Quiet when it follows the month after. This information is taken from Cassandra Khaw's [Goodreads bio][1]. [1]: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13994108.Cassandra_Khaw
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