Age range 12 +

Though the Beast is seemingly subdued for now, a new threat lurks in Four Paths: a corruption seeping from the Gray into the forest. And with the other Founders preoccupied by their tangled alliances and fraying relationships, only May Hawthorne seems to realise the danger. But saving the town she loves means seeking aid from the person her family despises most - her father, Ezra Bishop.

May’s father isn’t the only newcomer in town - Isaac Sullivan’s older brother has also returned, seeking forgiveness for the role he played in Isaac’s troubled past. But Isaac isn’t ready to let go of his family’s history, especially when that history might hold the key that he and Violet Saunders need to destroy the Gray and the monster within it.

With the veil between the Gray and the town growing ever thinner, the Founder descendants must put their grievances with one another aside to stop the corruption and kill the Beast once and for all.

But maybe the monster they truly need to slay has never been the Beast…

‘[A] riveting debut…Complex characters and creepy concepts will leave readers chomping for the next volume.’ - Kirkus Reviews on The Devouring Gray

‘A confident and ambitious debut that lives firmly up to the hype.’ - Starbeast on The Devouring Gray