Little Eve
The multi-award winning novel from Catriona Ward
Catriona Ward
- Winner
- of
- the
- British
- Fantasy
- Award
- for
- Best
- Horror
- and
- the
- Shirley
- Jackson
- Award
- for
- Best
- Novel.'You
- liked
- The
- Wasp
- Factory?
- Meet
- Little
- Eve'
- Natasha
- Pulley,
- author
- of
- THE
- WATCHMAKER
- OF
- FILIGREE
- STREET'A
- smart
- and
- moving
- examination
- of
- self
- delusion
- and
- the
- lengths
- people
- go
- to
- to
- keep
- faith
- .
- .
- .
- I
- raced
- through
- it'
- Kiran
- Millwood
- Hargrave'A
- wonderful
- literary
- gothic
- tale'
- Sarah
- Pinborough'Where
- is
- Evelyn?
- Oh,
- I
- remember.
- She
- took
- our
- eyes.'New
- Year's
- Day,
- 1921.
- Seven
- mutilated
- bodies
- are
- discovered
- in
- an
- ancient
- stone
- circle
- on
- a
- remote
- Scottish
- island.
- The
- victims
- are
- 'the
- Children'
- -
- members
- of
- a
- nature
- cult
- ruled
- by
- the
- charismatic,
- sadistic
- patriarch,
- the
- adder.The
- sole
- survivor
- of
- the
- massacre,
- Dinah,
- claims
- that
- Eve
- is
- the
- murderer,
- apparently
- drowned
- while
- attempting
- her
- escape.
- Yet
- as
- Eve's
- story
- of
- the
- years
- leading
- up
- the
- massacre
- intertwines
- with
- Dinah's
- account
- of
- the
- aftermath,
- a
- darker,
- stranger
- truth
- begins
- to
- emerge.The
- Isle
- is
- all
- Eve
- knows.
- Hidden
- from
- the
- world,
- the
- Children
- worship
- the
- Great
- Snake
- who
- dwells
- in
- the
- ocean,
- dance
- in
- the
- stones
- at
- dawn
- and
- offer
- their
- blood
- in
- sacrifice.
- The
- adder's
- word
- is
- law.
- When
- Eve
- is
- forced
- into
- the
- world
- beyond
- the
- Isle
- her
- faith
- and
- love
- are
- tested
- by
- unexpected
- friendships
- that
- make
- her
- question
- everything.
- As
- she
- begins
- to
- see
- through
- the
- adder's
- macabre
- fictions,
- the
- world
- Eve
- knows
- collapses.
- Does
- she
- lose
- her
- humanity
- with
- her
- belief?
- Does
- it
- drive
- her
- to
- kill?'Little
- Eve
- is
- a
- sublime,
- utterly
- compelling
- tale
- which
- grabbed
- me
- by
- the
- lapels
- and
- wouldn't
- let
- go.
- A
- dark,
- beautiful,
- gleaming
- novel.
- I
- loved
- it'
- Irenosen
- Okojie'Little
- Eve
- is
- brilliantly
- plotted,
- wonderfully
- well
- written
- and
- full
- of
- surprises.
- It
- has
- perfect
- timing,
- line
- by
- line'
- Andrew
- Cowan,
- author
- of
- PIG
- and
- WORTHLESS
- MEN'Little
- Eve
- brims
- with
- dark
- energy,
- full
- of
- haunting,
- surprising
- turns.
- You
- will
- be
- guessing
- and
- gasping
- till
- the
- end'
- Philip Womack
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