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Red in Tooth and Claw

By: Lish McBride
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
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A dark young adult Western fantasy about a teen in a remote settlement full of monsters and secrets.

"In this eerie, blood-splashed Western, Lish McBride invokes a frontier that is harsh, cruel, and practical...A damned enjoyable novel." —Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns


Faolan Kelly’s grandfather is dead. She’s alone in the world and suddenly homeless, all because the local powers that be don’t think a young man of seventeen is mature enough to take over his grandfather’s homestead…and that’s with them thinking Faolan is a young man. If she revealed that her grandfather had been disguising her for years, they would marry her off at the first opportunity.

The mayor finds a solution that serves everyone but Faolan: He hires a gunslinger to ship her off to the Settlement, a remote fort where social outcasts live under the leadership of His Benevolence Gideon Dillard. It's a place rife with mystery, kept afloat by suspicious wealth. Dillard's absolute command over his staff just doesn't seem right. And neither do the strange noises that keep Faolan up at night.

When Faolan finds the body of a Settlement boarder, mangled by something that can’t possibly be human, it’s clear something vicious is stalking the palisades. And as Settlement boarders continue to drop like flies, Faolan knows she must escape to evade the creature’s wrath.
Horror Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction

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Praise for Red in Tooth and Claw
*A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection*
*An Amazon, B&N Reads, and Kobo Best Book of the Month*
*A Paste Magazine and Reactor Most Anticipated book*

“Readers will be hooked immediately, then rewarded with a plot that just keeps unfolding; cult problems, creature danger, magic, and mayhem abound… A definite purchase for most collections.” —School Library Journal

"A heart-fluttering romance develops alongside the spooky magic and gunslinging... Mysteriously spooky and ultimately heartwarming." —Kirkus Reviews

"McBride embraces the wild and absurd here, and the resulting genre swirl of fantasy, mystery, horror, romance, and Western is all the better for it." —BCCB

"With a unique setting, dark secrets, and terrifying creatures that go bump in the night, Lish McBride’s Red in Tooth and Claw is the perfect spooky read!" —The Honey POP

"In this eerie, blood-splashed Western, Lish McBride's prose invokes a frontier that is harsh, cruel, and practical, allowing moments of warmth to shine all the brighter. Every time I put it down I picked it right back up. Just a damned enjoyable novel." —Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns

Magic, murder, mystery, and mayhem, all set in against a wild, Western backdrop. I have never read anything like this. A terror and a true delight, all wrapped up in a gritty bow.” —Kristen Simmons, author of Article 5 and Find Him Where You Left Him Dead

"A stark, gritty horror set in an uncanny world, Red in Tooth and Claw transfixed me from the first line, pulling me in for a dark, tense, exhilarating ride." —Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and #murdertrending

"Lish McBride captivates with a fresh take on YA horror. Part cult drama, part monster story, and all heart, Red in Tooth and Claw will keep you glued to the pages!" —Chelsea Mueller, author of Prom House
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i don't give praise lightly but what a fabulous book, not heard of this author previously but I shall be looking for more titles by the same author. I don't know who chooses the narrators but they couldn't have picked a better one. I'm enjoying the match immensely, thanks to both!

Extremely good!

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