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American Rapture – CJ Leede

A feminist apocalyptic novel where a virus is spreading across America which is transforming the infected and making them feral with lust.

Feminist Horror & Femgore

2 in stock

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Synopsis

Can good Catholic girl Sophie who has been kept separated from the world travel across an apocalyptic hellscape to rescue her twin brother while the world around her burns?

Anything but ordinary, American Rapture pushes the boundaries of expected behaviour and physical reality. For fans of zombie apocalypse stories like The Last of Us, but with the sharp edges of Yellowjackets.

All Nightmare Nook Books are selected by our chief Book Ghoul, Cat. Here’s why American Rapture is a must-read for the end of the world:

“The virus that acts as the primary plot device of American Rapture reminds me of Crossed or The Sadness, but with an emotional centre as the heroine of the story deals with her own sense of identity her sexuality.”

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Synopsis

The scorching new feminist apocalyptic novel and instant international bestseller from CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly. One of Esquire and Vulture's Best Horror Books of the year and aGoodReads Editors' Pick.

'Keep an eye on this rising feminist voice' – Tori Amos

In C.J Leede's latest genre-bending thriller, Sophie, a good Catholic girl who has been kept separate from the world, must traverse the apocalyptic hellscape of the midwest to try to find her lost brother, whilst learning the reality of her own sexuality in a suddenly lust-filled world.

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Nothing in Sophie's strict religious upbringing could have prepared her for the arrival of the scorching winds that sweep through the Midwest – not the righteous breath of God, but an evil gust that delivers an ungodly, fevered lust unto the virtuous and the wicked alike.

Though her own body has become a carnal battleground, she must somehow find her way through the ravaged world to rescue her brother, hoping the fever hasn't taken him; hoping he can still be saved. The end times are coming and Sophie soon discovers that there are far worse fates than dying a virgin…