Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

Our Booksellers thoughts:

"A horror novel set in a nightmarish fantasy environment, this book had me anxiously turning pages the whole way through. Definitely a unique read that would appeal to anyone looking for something extra twisted!" 

A transfixing fever dream of medieval horror from the nationally bestselling author of The Luminous Dead and The Death of Jane Lawrence.

Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. Food is running low and there has been no sign of rescue. But just as the survivors consider deliberately thinning their number, the castle stores are replenished. The sick are healed. And the devine figures of the Constant Lady and Her saints have arrived, despite the barricaded gates, offering succor in return for devotion.

Soon, the entire castle is under the sway of their saviours, partaking in intoxicating feasts of terrible origin. The war hero Ser Voyne gives her allegiance to Constant Lady. Phosyne, a disorganized, paranoid nun-turned-sorceress, races to unravel the mystery of these new visitors and exonerate her experiments as their source. And in the bowels of the castle, a serving girl, Treila, is torn between her thirst for a secret vengeance and the desperate need to escape the horrors that are unfolding within Aymar's walls.

As the castle descends into bacchanalian madness- forgetting massed army beyond its walls in favor of hedonistic ecstasy - these three women are the only ones to still see their situation for what it is. But they are not immune to the temptations of the castle's new masters... or each other; and their shifting alliances and entangled pasts bring violence to the surface. Saving the castle, and themselves, will take a reimagining of who they are, and a reorganization of the very world itself.