{"product_id":"leech-9781250811189","title":"Leech","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e[\u003ci\u003eLeech\u003c\/i\u003e] is \u003ci\u003eThe Thing \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e . . . beautifully written and so strangely humane . . . I will follow this writer anywhere going forward. --Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA surreal and horrifying debut, Hiron Ennes's \u003ci\u003eLeech\u003c\/i\u003e defies our understanding of identity, heredity, and bodily autonomy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amazon Book of the Month!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn October Great Reads Indie Next Pick! \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A wonderful new entry to Gothic science fiction, impeccably clever and atmospheric. Think \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e... with worms!\"--Tamsyn Muir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMEET THE CURE FOR THE HUMAN DISEASE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron's doctor has died. The doctor's replacement has a mystery to solve: discovering how the Institute lost track of one of its many bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor hundreds of years, the Interprovincial Medical Institute has grown by taking root in young minds and shaping them into doctors, replacing every human practitioner of medicine. The Institute is here to help humanity, to cure and to cut, to cradle and protect the species from the apocalyptic horrors their ancestors unleashed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the frozen north, the Institute's body will discover a competitor for its rung at the top of the evolutionary ladder. A parasite is spreading through the baron's castle, already a dark pit of secrets, lies, violence, and fear. The two will make war on the battlefield of the body. Whichever wins, humanity will lose again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hiron Ennes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tordotcom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250811189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 76","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40562809438323,"sku":"9.78125E+12","price":31.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_13bb3411-6035-47f3-850f-613dfec4d3a7.jpg?v=1667918758","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/leech-9781250811189","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}