“ The best kind of vampire story—one in which the real evil is us.”—Peng Shepherd“Deliciously monstrous and demanding of our attention, Anna Kovatcheva crafts a feminist vampire story like no other.”—Ms, MagazineA heady, dark-hued Gothic gem of a debut novel: in nineteenth-century Bulgaria, a self-proclaimed vampire slayer—in truth, a traveling con artist—joins forces with a teenage girl to create a monster de...

**Yana hunts monsters. Anka might be one. They'll need each other to survive.'This exciting, gorgeous novel reminded me why I love vampire stories... I still have chills' Kate Heartfield, author of The Embroidered Book**Yana, a vampire hunter, rides into Koprivci promising salvation. The village’s curse has endured for many years and rumour has it that Anka – whose parents died on the night of her birth – is to blame. But enduring the villagers’ suspicion is the le...

“ The best kind of vampire story—one in which the real evil is us.”—Peng Shepherd“Deliciously monstrous and demanding of our attention, Anna Kovatcheva crafts a feminist vampire story like no other.”—Ms, MagazineA heady, dark-hued Gothic gem of a debut novel: in nineteenth-century Bulgaria, a self-proclaimed vampire slayer—in truth, a traveling con artist—joins forces with a...

Brought to you by Penguin.'It's dangerous to go alone at night...'Yana, a vampire hunter, rides into Koprivci promising salvation. The village’s curse has endured for many years and rumour has it that Anka – whose parents died on the night of her birth – is to blame. But enduring the villagers’ suspicion is the least of Anka’s worries; now she has reached womanhood, she can no longer avoid the odious marriage that seems to be her o...