D'Lacey's hugely successful nightmare of a very twisted food chain...

Stop press: Joseph D'Lacey wins The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer at 2009 year's British Fantasy Awards on Saturday 19th September 2009!

"Joseph D'Lacey rocks!" Stephen King

God is supreme. The flesh is sacred. From this all nourishment flows...

     Abyrne is a decaying town, trapped by an advancing wilderness. Its people depend on meat for survival. Meat is sanctified and precious, eaten with devout solemnity by everyone.

     A feud smoulders between the religious and secular powers holding the town in their thrall – whoever controls the food supply controls everything. Conflict is imminent.

     But a handful of people suspect Abyrne is evil, rotten to its religious heart. They’re prepared to sacrifice everything for the truth.

     What goes on in the meat processing plant? Where does meat really come from?

     The townsfolk are hungry. The townsfolk must be fed…

     You’ll never look at meat in the same way again.

In Meat, D’Lacey brings into shocking focus some of the key concerns of our time.  Getaway car, his first short story, was published in 2001 by Cadenza. Since then his work has appeared in anthologies, magazines and online. Meat is his first published novel. He lives in Northamptonshire with his wife. 

See more at www.meatnovel.com

Details

• Imprint: Bloody Books
• Category: Horror fiction
• ISBN 9781905636150
• Published 21st February 2008
• Size: 198 x 129 (B format paperback)
• Pages: 320
• RRP: £7.99

Rights information

• World rights
• German rights sold to Heyne, French rights sold to Editions First, Hungarian rights sold to Ulpuiz, Turkish rights sold to Tek Agac, Russian rights sold to Ripol.

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