House of Hunger: the shiver-inducing, skin-prickling, mouth-watering feast of a Gothic novel

In this dark and enthralling Gothic novel, Marion Shaw is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power. She is hired as a bloodmaid at the House of Hunger, where she is swept into a world of dark debauchery and must learn the rules to survive.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 12 October 2023
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

House of Hunger is a gothic novel by author Henderson, nominated for Best Horror Novel in the Goodreads Readers Choice Awards. The novel is described as a lurid, luscious debauch of a book, with the Guardian calling it an unforgettable feast of decadence and depravity. S T Gibson, author of A Dowry of Blood, praises Henderson's place as one of the great gothic writers of our generation. The story follows a young woman named Marion Shaw, who is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power. Marion is raised in the slums, longing to leave the city and its miseries. One day, she spots an advertisement seeking a bloodmaid, and despite knowing little about the far north, where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service, she applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself at the notorious House of Hunger, where she is swept into a world of dark debauchery and intrigue. At the centre of it all is her mistress, Countess Lisavet, a magnetic, charismatic, seductive woman who presides over this hedonistic court. Marion is eager to please her new mistress, but when her fellow bloodmaids begin to go missing in the night, she is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She must learn the rules of her new home quickly, or its halls will soon become her grave.

Weight: 212g
Dimension: 197 x 127 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781804992999