In a climate-ravaged dystopia, a woman confined to a violent religious convent confronts buried memories and the order's hidden truths.
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In a climate-ravaged dystopia, a woman confined to a violent religious convent confronts buried memories and the order's hidden truths.
THE JAW-DROPPING NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION The long-awaited new novel from the author of global sensation Tender Is the Flesh: a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive, violent religious order, while outside the world has fallen into chaos. From her cell in a mysterious convent, a woman writes the story of her life in whatever she can find—discarded ink, dirt, and even her own blood. A lower mem...
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Violent religious order with punishment and control; outside world features fighting and survival brutality
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Central secretive convent, Sacred Sisterhood, Superior Sister, Enlightened ranks, and rituals
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Climate catastrophe, societal collapse, and ideological extremism in religious order
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Punishment and control inside convent; systemic suffering and violence in dystopian outside world
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