{"product_id":"little-eve-by-catriona-ward-9781473234147","title":"Little Eve","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror and the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'You liked \u003ci\u003eThe Wasp Factory\u003c\/i\u003e? Meet \u003ci\u003eLittle Eve\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e Natasha Pulley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'A smart and moving examination of self delusion and the lengths people go to to keep faith . . . I raced through it'\u003c\/b\u003e Kiran Millwood Hargrave\n\n\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful literary gothic tale'\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Pinborough\n\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Where is Evelyn? Oh, I remember. She took our eyes.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNew 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 \u003ci\u003eadder\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 to the massacre intertwines with Dinah's account of the aftermath, a darker, stranger truth begins to emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003eadder's\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eadder\u003c\/i\u003e's macabre fictions, the world Eve knows collapses. Does she lose her humanity with her belief? Does it drive her to kill?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Eve\u003c\/i\u003e 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'\u003c\/b\u003e Irenosen Okojie\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Eve\u003c\/i\u003e is brilliantly plotted, wonderfully well written and full of surprises. It has perfect timing, line by line'\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Cowan, author of \u003ci\u003ePig\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorthless Men\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Eve\u003c\/i\u003e brims with dark energy, full of haunting, surprising turns. You will be guessing and gasping till the end'\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Womack\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596768919788,"sku":"9781473234147","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781473234147-little-eve.jpg?v=1777941568","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/little-eve-by-catriona-ward-9781473234147","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}