The Library At Hellebore

Dark academia meets cosmic horror in this murderous tale of betrayal and broken hearts at an elite academy for the gods and monsters of the world, perfect for fans of The Atlas Six, If We Were Villains and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.

The Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted is the premier academy for the dangerously powerful: the Anti-Christs and Ragnaroks, the world-eaters and apocalypse-makers.

Hellebore promises redemption, acceptance, and a normal life after graduation. At least, that’s what Alessa Li is told when she’s kidnapped and forcibly enrolled.

But there’s more to Hellebore than meets the eye. On graduation day, the faculty go on a ravenous rampage, feasting on Alessa’s class. Only Alessa and a group of her classmates escape the carnage. Trapped in the school’s library, they must offer a human sacrifice every night, or else the faculty will break down the door and kill everyone.

'This is punk rock, eldritch god, carnage-fueled battle royale dark academia. The Library at Hellebore is more metal than I'll ever be and too cool for most of you' --OLIVIE BLAKE

'Wonderfully inventive and thoroughly engrossing. Khaw takes dark academia to a terrifying new level' --KELLEY ARMSTRONG

'As rich and gruesome as a fresh-plucked heart, as sharp as a broken bone, The Library at Hellebore is a perfect horror novel by one of my favorite writers. It's a book that draws a line between the monsters and the monstrous, and reminds us who to root for-and what it costs' --ALIX E. HARROW

'Devilishly entertaining, thrillingly structured, and full of unexpected blows to the heart' --NAT CASSIDY