Horn
Ellie Marney
A feminist revenge horror for the Epstein era from a New York Times-bestselling author.
It’s 1998 and five eighteen-year-old girls from Whitney, Vermont are two weeks away from high school graduation. Our narrator, Nat Miller, is a closeted lesbian living with her aunt – having no father herself, she stands exempt from the ‘father test’ but is deeply involved, holding her group of friends together after one of them is brutalised and murdered by the monstrous but charismatic John Horn, stepfather of Lacey. Throughout the ensuing police investigation, cover-up and town-wide moral panic, the girls endure terror, manipulation and abuse from not only Horn, but the other monsters of the town – the human ones – before ultimately deciding to fight back against those with all the power. This book takes the ‘dead girl’ trope and twists it into something new and empowering and full of female rage.
This book delivers the pure reading adrenaline that gets people addicted to horror. In true form for the genre, it’s horrible and full of trauma – but at its foundation is the fierce strength of female friendships; it’s a through-line (and for the characters, literally a lifeline) that cuts through all the darkness.
- Release
- Jun-2028
- ISBN
- 9781761475474
- RRP (AUD)
- $34.99
- Format
- Paperback
- Category
- Horror
Ellie Marney
Ellie Marney is a multi-award-winning, internationally bestselling author of thrillers for adults and teens. Her most popular titles include the New York Times bestseller None Shall Sleep and its Kirkus-starred sequel Some Shall Break. No One Is Safe (2026) was her adult thriller debut, and her next book, No One to Fear, will be published in early 2027 (both Thomas & Mercer). Ellie’s books have been published worldwide and optioned for television. Ellie has lived in Indonesia, India and Singapore and has now settled in Australia.
Allen & Unwin
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