NOMINATED FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL in the GOODREADS READERS CHOICE AWARDS...
''A lurid, luscious debauch of a book.'' Guardian
''An unforgettable feast of decadence and depravity, House of Hunger cements Henderson''s place as one of the great gothic writers of our generation.'' S T GIBSON, author of A Dowry of Blood
A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching.
WANTED: A bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life''s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.
Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a strange advertisement in the newspaper, seeking a ''bloodmaid''.
Though she kn
