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Snake-Eater
- Author
- T. Kingfisher
- Narrator
- Ashleigh Haddad
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 December 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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On arrival, Selena learns Amelia is dead. But the inhabitants of Quartz Creek are only too happy to have a new resident. Out of money and ideas, Selena sees no harm staying in her aunt’s lovely house for a few weeks, tending to her garden and enjoying the strange, desolate beauty of the desert. The people are odd, but friendly, and eager to help Selena settle into her new home.
But Quartz Creek’s inhabitants share their town with others - old gods and spirits whose claim to the land long predates their human neighbours. Selena finds herself pursued by disturbing apparitions, visitations that come in the night and seem to want something from her.
Aunt Amelia owed a debt. Now her god has come to collect.
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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A creepy yet cozy short novel with fun, memorable characters. It reminded me of The Hollow Places, though that’s more a horror novel than this. Here the tension comes in no small part from the socially anxious protagonist, Selena, made vulnerable from a lifetime of emotional abuse and dropped by chance into a tiny desert community of kindly souls, some of whom are more than they seem.
Hare 2026-01-29
Details
- Author
- T. Kingfisher
- Narrator
- Ashleigh Haddad
- Duration
- 9 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 December 2025
- ISBN
- 9781004212798
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Fantasy, Horror and supernatural fiction, Fiction: general and literary
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
When Selena travels to the remote desert town of Quartz Creek in search of her estranged Aunt Amelia, she is desperate and short of options. Fleeing an unhappy marriage, she has exactly twenty-seven dollars to her name, and her only friend in the world is her dog, Copper.On arrival, Selena learns Amelia is dead. But the inhabitants of Quartz Creek are only too happy to have a new resident. Out of money and ideas, Selena sees no harm staying in her aunt’s lovely house for a few weeks, tending to her garden and enjoying the strange, desolate beauty of the desert. The people are odd, but friendly, and eager to help Selena settle into her new home.But Quartz Creek’s inhabitants share their town with others - old gods and spirits whose claim to the land long predates their human neighbours. Selena finds herself pursued by disturbing apparitions, visitations that come in the night and seem to want something from her.Aunt Amelia owed a debt. Now her god has come to collect.
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