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The Book Eaters follows a secluded family living on the Yorkshire Moors, where books are literal food and the stories they consume stay with them forever. Devon, a member of The Family and a woman raised on fairy tales and cautionary stories, shares her world with siblings who feast on tales of valor and adventure. As she welcomes a son, he develops a unique and unsettling hunger for human minds rather than paper, forcing Devon to confront the limits of her clan's mystical tradition.
First publish date: 2022
Genre: Horror/Gothic Horror
Authors: Sunyi Dean
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