Silvia Moreno-Garcia meets Fonda Lee, with the feverish intensity of R.F. Kuang’s Poppy War trilogy, In this fierce, glamorous, sapphic adult fantasy about a girl gang in the Chinese secret societies of 1970s Singapore.
“Truly cinematic” — Library Journal, starred review
“Will take the breath out of your chest and replace it with fire” — Nghi Vo, bestselling author of The Chosen and the Beautiful
“Torches a devastating, cathartic path through the dark underbelly of Singapore… a story of and about girls and women.”
—The Straits Times
“Will have you hooked from the first word to the last.”
—NPR, Best Books of 2025
Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette
A girl reckons with what she must lose—and who she has become—in order to be accepted at the empire’s most prestigious university.
A lyrical, propulsive YA horror that’s perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, Stephen King’s It, and The Haunting of Hill House, about a teen who must return home to confront the monster that took the lives of her best friends—before it devours her, too.
“An instant YA horror classic.” — School Library Journal, starred review
“Striking… powerful, introspective” — Kirkus, starred review
“Dark and compelling” — Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Gone Girl
“A knife-sharp excavation” — Trang Thanh Tran, bestselling author of She is a Haunting
“The arrival of a rare and exciting literary talent” — Courtney Summers, bestselling author of Sadie
“A haunting, unforgettable debut.” — Allison Saft, bestselling author of Down Comes the Night
select short fiction & essays
Red, Scuttle When The Ships Come Down
Uncanny Magazine
The Name Ziya
Reactor
Laura Lau Will Drain You Dry
Nightmare
What Becomes of Curious Minds
Lightspeed
Tender is the flesh-eating: the literary cannibal as exploitation and desire
Reactor