<p><b>'Unique and utterly assured, I will follow this writer anywhere' – Gillian Flynn, author of <i>Gone Girl</i><br><br>‘A wonderful new entry to Gothic science fiction, impeccably clever and atmospheric. Think <i>Wuthering Heights</i> . . . with worms!’</b> <b>– Tamsyn Muir, author of <i>Gideon the Ninth</i></b><br><br><b><i>The Times</i> Best Sci-Fi Books 2022 and Winner of The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer at the British Fantasy Awards 2023.</b><br><br>In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron’s doctor has died. The Interprovincial Medical Institute sends out a replacement. But when the new physician investigates the cause of death, which appears to be suicide, there’s a mystery to solve. It seems the good doctor was hosting a parasite. Yet this should have be
