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Snake-Eater

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Ashleigh Haddad
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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.

©2025 T. Kingfisher (P)2025 W.F. Howes Ltd Dark Fantasy Fantasy
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Loved this audiobook, very well performed and the story was unique. The characters in this book felt like a family.

Found family/ folk horror

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As someone prone to scripts myself and with a love of working dogs and spirits this was wonderful. I will most likely be listening to this again, soon.

Loved it

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this was a very enjoyable and heartwarming fantasy which was really about New beginnings and finding your people. kingfisher does a great job of casting a motley crew of characters who take our main character Selena And her dog copper under their wing when she turns up in the middle of the desert to visit her aunt whilst running away from her life back in the city. Selena soon discovers there's more going on than she realised when strange things start happening in her aunt's house, after she finds a strange statue called snake eater.

Spirited Desert Fantasy

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