Book description
From the brilliant Zoje Stage, Bram Stoker Award finalist and author of Baby Teeth, Something of a Calling is an unsettling look at a woman--and a world--on the brink of change. This gorgeous hardcover edition includes sprayed edges.
Detective Andy Cooper is about to retire. She isn't sure what's next…
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I read this in two sittings which is unheard of for my slow reading style! While this book is technically an eco-horror, there’s little gore and only a couple startling scares. I’m easily scared. This is a mystery, in my opinion. Zoje Stage has written an epitome of Man vs Nature theme.
I’ve never read her work before. In fact, credit to where it’s due, what grabbed my attention was the cover. Not shocking. It happens to a lot of people. In comics, every printing gets a new cover and then, there are issues that have several covers just…
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