KEMBERTON

Gangs of London meets Pet Sematary in a brutal new body horror novel from the author of HATER (optioned for film by Guillermo del Toro).When Kemberton was four, he witnessed something horrifying. He hasn’t spoken since.Life moves on, but not for him. Several years have passed, and he’s struggling to keep up. The gulf between him and the rest of the world is widening. He’s in real danger of falling through the gaps.He needs support, but he’s getting the complete opposite. Aiden - his stepdad - is playing with fire. He’s a low-level racketeer, with ideas way above his station. He’s got himself involved with people he really has no business messing with, and if things go wrong, they’re going to really go wrong. Aiden can’t afford for there to be any complications right now, and Kemberton’s increasing unpredictability is proving to be a concern.With everything on the line and the odds increasingly stacked against him, how far is Aiden prepared to go to stay in control? And who’ll be left to pay the price?What Kemberton witnessed all those years ago was awful. What’s going to happen next could be even worse.