Eldritch by Keri Lake (Paperback)

From the author of Nocticadia comes Eldritch, the second book in The Eating Woods trilogy and the spellbinding sequel to Anathema. This is a gothic dark fantasy about a shunned woman forced beyond the mortal realm’s forbidden boundary, into a terrifying world of cursed souls and grotesque creatures.

An eldritch magic has awakened, and the mortal world has grown darker in its wake. Colder. Famished. With flesh-eating monsters roaming the land and a sinister curse spreading like a plague, the last faint glimmer of humanity in Foxglove Parish has long since faded.

For Maevyth and Zevander, the only hope of escape lies through The Eating Woods. But fate has woven a new and tangled web, and crossing the mystical boundary into Aethyria may not prove nearly so simple as they’d hoped. As the bones of Maevyth’s past are unearthed and long-buried truths unravel with unsettling clarity, the terrible possibility of never leaving Mortasia grows ever more real.

For Zevander, time is fast running out. The longer he remains in the mortal lands, deprived of the essential vivicantem, the further he slips towards the encroaching spectre of madness, and the darkness closing in around him may be something far more sinister still.

Perfect for readers who love a gothic dark fantasy, a spine-chilling romantasy and an atmospheric tale of curses, monsters and forbidden realms.