You Weren't Meant to Be HumanA Washington Post and Publishers Weekly Best SF Fantasy Horror Novel of 2025 Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation amidst an alien invasion in rural West Virginia. Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling

With one little phone call from home that leads to one drunken mistake

Walther's characters leap off the page

And the cost could be just as deadly as the monsters that prowl the Winter Woods

The secret ingredient

Those who complete the Trials are granted a pill of eternal life--the one thing Àn'yīng knows can heal her dying mother

An INSTANT National Bestseller

PR is in my blood

Because something wakes in the woods

Can you love the dark when you know what it hides

Heartrending betrayal

they're finally being themselves--and having fun with the last person they expect: each other

The way my hands ache to touch him deceitful