The Sin Eater
23 July 2020Imprint: Mantle
Synopsis
Set in a thinly disguised sixteenth-century England, Megan Campisi's The Sin Eater is a wonderfully rich story of treason and treachery; of women, of power, and the strange freedom that comes from being an outcast – because, sometimes, being a nobody sometimes counts for everything . . .
'A dark and thrilling page-turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past...
Details
23 July 2020540 minutes
Shiromi Arserio
9781529019094Imprint: Mantle
Reviews
A dark and thrilling page-turner that turns a dystopian eye on the past in an unnervingly contemporary way. All hail Megan CampisiEmma Donoghue, author of Room and The Wonder
Rich with imaginative and historical details, The Sin Eater is ultimately a timeless story of one woman regaining her power. I loved it from beginning to endChristina Dalcher, author of Vox
Captivating . . . An original melding of mystery and alternate historyBooklist
Richly imaginative and strikingly contemporary [and] very much reminiscent of The Handmaid’s TaleKirkus
