Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Joe Hill returns with a wildly imaginative new novel, perfect for fans of R. F. Kuang, Leigh Bardugo and Joe Abercrombie.

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER RETURNS WITH A STUNNING NEW NOVEL ABOUT THE BATTLE FOR A COUNTRY'S SURVIVAL - AND A MALEVOLENT, MURDEROUS GHOST HELL-BENT ON CONSUMING SOULS.

1776. They're starving in Boston.
It is the depth of winter and the besieged city is running perilously low on supplies. First the American rebels penned in the British soldiers, then frostbite sank its teeth into the city, and now a ravenous ghost has come to feed on the trapped and desperate colonists who remain loyal to the Crown.

Morale is low enough among the trapped British troops without a fiend tempting men with a sumptuous feast of roast meat, pastries, puddings, and pies. It's a spread many would sell their souls for.which is exactly the deal on offer.

As the ghoul's withered victims pile up, and panic spreads, British General Howe takes action: he orders Captain Amos Crowe to expel the fiend by any means necessary.

It is an impossible order. But it's far from the only impossibility in Crowe's horrifying New World. For the dead have been speaking to him ever since he was injured at the Battle of Bunker Hill. And now, he must track down a witch hidden deep behind enemy lines, a woman who, it is rumoured, holds the key to defeating the evil spirit.

Praise for Sunday Times bestseller Joe Hill:

'Absolutely fantastic' THE GUARDIAN
'Fantastically compelling' THE OBSERVER
'A commanding, captivating read' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Epic.a ­multi-layered, rich response to the horrors and hopes of living today' DAILY MAIL
'Perfection from start to finish' DAILY EXPRESS
'Joe Hill gloriously resurrects the doorstop horror blockbuster for a startling new century' ALAN MOORE
'A soaring epic and painfully intimate. You won't be able to stop burning through the pages' PAUL TREMBLAY
'A wild, genre-defying journey, packed with all sorts of unexpected twists and turns' DAILY MIRROR