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Little Kin is the debut adult novel from critically-acclaimed author Katya de Becerra.
When Cass inherits a crumbling house on Rothagisht—a remote island near the Arctic Circle—she’s desperate for a new start. The land is stunning, the people are strangely healthy, and for the first
time, Cass feels like she might finally belong.
But Rothagisht comes with rules: Never go out after dark, and never open the door to a knock. As Cass is drawn into the island’s mysteries—and into the secrets of her own bloodline—she discovers
Rothagisht is stalked by ancient creatures that rise from the heated depths when the old covenant stirs.
With the Festival of Giving and Receiving looming, and the island’s ancient covenant unraveling in blood, Cass must choose: Embrace the community she’s longed for or confront the nightmare that
could consume them all.
Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher and Ari Aster’s Midsommar, Little Kin is a chilling, folkloric tale of survival and belonging.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Full of rising tension and palpable dread, Little Kin grabs you by the hand and dares you to stare into the dark without flinching. Folk horror at its finest!” —Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Child
“At turns gorgeous and gritty, Little Kin is folk horror at its finest: haunting enough to bring the chills, yet deeply emotional as it explores what it means to belong. You’ll never forget your visit to the forbidding, mist-swathed island of Rothagisht.” —Sarah Glenn Marsh, award-winning author of Our Rogue Fates
“Katya de Becerra’s prose transports you to a strange island where you can feel her passion for anthropology on every page. An engrossing blend of mystery, romance, and folklore, Little Kin is peak atmospheric horror.” —Tatiana Schlote-Bonne, author of The Mean Ones and What Feeds Below
“A mesmerizing blend of folk horror and dark fantasy, Katya de Becerra’s Little Kin is a knock on the door in the dead of night. Dread and longing simmer beneath the surface, and sinister legacies crawl back from the past in this propulsive, get-under-your-skin read.” —A. J. Vrana, award-winning author of Wildblood
“Haunting, intense, and eerily spooky.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on When Ghosts Call Us Home
“Haunting and unsettling…De Becerra’s narrative is both dreamy and tight, creating a disorienting, nightmarish atmosphere.” —Booklist (starred review) on When Ghosts Call Us Home
“As if The Secret History waded into the dark swells of the supernatural, de Becerra’s They Watch from Below keeps you on your toes while tickling you with the feather of curiosity. You won’t know what’s waiting for you in those dark depths, and this is one of the best of the year.” —Robert P. Ottone, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of The Triangle, on They Watch from Below
“Part horror novel, part mystery, all wrapped up in the lush and treacherous trappings of dark academia, They Watch from Below is every bit as tense, eerie, and genuinely frightening as I had hoped. I loved this.” —Erica Waters, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of The River Has Teeth, on They Watch from Below
“Clever and complex, gripping and ghoulish; this is the kind of book you’ll want to sink your teeth into.” —Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of The Girls Are Never Gone, on They Watch from Below
“In Katya de Becerra’s eerie fantasy novel Little Kin, shadowy monsters plague a desolate island…Little Kin is an atmospheric novel about the consequences of allowing greed, ignorance, and adherence to harmful traditions to disrupt the balance between humans and nature.” —Foreword Reviews
“The book’s strength is in its creative world-building and the tension between Cass’s training as an anthropologist and her realization that, as much as she wants to observe the denizens of Rothagisht from a professional distance, she’s not just one of them; she might just hold the key to the island’s survival.” —Booklist
“Richly imagined and deliciously unsettling, Little Kin is perfect for readers craving slow-burning, folklore-inspired horror.” —Los Angeles Book Review
“As old traditions begin to unravel, she must choose between the belonging she has long desired and confronting a deadly supernatural threat. For readers drawn to folklore-inspired horror and atmospheric suspense.” —The Cullman Times
“The author has a PhD in anthropology and makes excellent use of her academic skill set by intricately laying the foundations of how a remote island community survives and thrives on the edge of the Arctic Circle…It is not really about who is good or bad, but more about how to appease the island, which is also vividly described and a powerful living and breathing entity.” —Horror DNA
“Little Kin is in a league of its own and a powerhouse of a novel…It’s rare to be able to describe a folk horror as ‘fun’ or ‘escapist,’ but Little Kin manages to earn those titles. Its writing style is warm and indulgent despite the often gruesome subject matter.” —Malevolent Dark
Katya de Becerra is the critically acclaimed author of horror-thrillers, including When Ghosts Call Us Home, What the Woods Keep, Oasis,
and They Watch from Below. She has received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist, and her novel When Ghosts Call Us Home won both
the Aurealis and Australasian Shadows awards in 2023.
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