Manhunt

Reviews

STARRED Reviews in Library Journal and Booklist!
A Most-Anticipated Title in CrimeReads, BookRiot, Tor.com, Electric Lit, and more.
Featured in Autostraddle, Apartment Therapy, Goodreads, and more.

“Reading this book was like tonguing a live wire; I loved every moment and I still haven’t recovered. As erotic as it is devastating, as brilliant as it is visceral, Manhunt is a modern horror masterpiece.” —Carmen Maria Machado, bestselling author of In the Dream House and National Book Award finalist for Her Body and Other Parties

“An audacious dystopian story ... destined to be one of the year’s most talked-about novels.” —Electric Lit

“I dub this the great Terf-pocalypse novel....I cannot underscore enough how much I love this novel.” —CrimeReads

“It’s beautifully written, a barbed hook that will dig deep and split you open.” —Cassandra Khaw, author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth

“Highly recommended for those looking for particularly upsetting or disturbing horror fiction.” —Booklist, starred review

“A sensual, tender, honest, and inspirational story of imperfect but well-meaning people banding together in an attempt to not only survive but thrive. This novel confidently plants a flag declaring its place among the greatest band-of-survivor zombie tales.” —Library Journal, starred review

“Manhunt is a vital, angry re-evaluation of the zombie apocalypse narrative, putting the spotlight on characters usually left behind and shamefully ignored. Vicious and charming, absolutely not to be missed.” —Trevor Henderson

“Juicing up an unforgettable post-apocalypse, this gorgeously queer, messed-up beautiful beast of a novel scrapes glass shards over nerves while offering readers an affectionate whisper. A unique, brain-searing nightmare that's full-on teeth and claws, and all heart too.” —Hailey Piper, author of Queen of Teeth

“Felker-Martin’s horror chops are top-notch.... A ballsy postapocalyptic tale.” —Publishers Weekly

“Taut, visceral, terrifying. A gripping tale of trans survival, rendered in Gretchen Felker-Martin’s exquisite, uncompromising prose. You can’t turn the pages fast enough.” —David Demchuk, author of Red X

“A violent, blood-drenched corrective to a rash of ill-considered gender plague novels by cis authors.” —Apartment Therapy

“A raw horror-filled mouthful that will stretch your jaws to aching while you struggle feverishly to take yet another bite, and another, and another…A must-read, PERIOD.” —Jordan Shiveley, author of Hot Singles In Your Area

“Equal parts terrifying and transgressive, every page of this thrilling novel drips with blood, ichor, and other bodily fluids. Felker-Martin is an author who remembers horror isn't supposed to play nice. Manhunt will grab you by the throat on page one and won't let go until the end.” —Lincoln Michel, author of The Body Scout

“A must-read for fans of post-apocalyptic horror. Felker-Martin's prose is stellar, her characters are compelling, and her novel's pace is tremendous.” —Lucy A. Snyder, Bram Stoker-Award winning author

“The feel-bad classic of the decade. A pitiless, nerve-shredding descent into Hell; as ruthless as it is perceptive, Manhunt reached into my chest, tore my fears out, and showed them to me. Felker-Martin writes the best queer horror on the market.” —April Daniels, author of the Nemesis trilogy

“What a refresher it is to read Manhunt, where trans characters don't just take center stage, but are imperfect and complex, and the horror around them and their reactions feel realistic and urgent. Manhunt is brutal and empathetic. This book is dripping with visceral imagery and vulnerability.” —Archie Bongiovanni, author of A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns

“Felker-Martin can write: Manhunt expertly drops one political target after another, breaks your heart with nearly every character, and keeps up a relentless velocity— all while just being plain fun as hell.” —Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby

“Every ten years or so, a horror novel comes along that pushes the genre to terrifying new heights. Manhunt is such a novel. An emotional buzzsaw of a book that left me shaken.” —Brian Keene, bestselling author of The Rising and End of the Road

“I hope that as many people as humanly possible read Manhunt. It gives you a deep gift of human understanding and empathy through nearly indescribable body horror and mortal terror.” —Felix Biederman, New York Times bestselling author of The Chapo Guide to Revolution

“Manhunt is a razor-sharp novel, and Felker-Martin is here to raise the bar for post-apocalyptic fiction. Prepare to take a bite that will stain your jaws red.” —Meg Elison, author of The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

“Out of the exuberantly gory splatterfest emerges a tender celebration of women and women’s bodies, no matter how reviled and monsterized, in all their capacity for pleasure, resistance, and life.” —Maya Deane, author of Wrath Goddess Sing

“An iconic masterpiece of modern fiction. Dark and vicious. Visceral and uniquely devastating. Reading this book had the same comfort and unpleasantness of wearing an ornate scarf made of razor wire, and I loved every second of it.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since Last We Spoke

“Manhunt provokes in the best possible ways. Humane and pissed off and funny and real and acerbic and tragic. It does everything a book can do, but still has time to be a full-on horror novel with some of the most grueling sequences I've ever read, ever.” —Adam Cesare, author of Clown in a Cornfield and Video Night

“Manhunt is a celebration of trans people and a literary blitzkrieg against TERFocracy. Timely and necessary, this is extreme horror that says something. Listen to it.” —Gabino Iglesias, author of Coyote Songs

“Manhunt is an intense, pulse-pounding thriller that is equal parts sapphic, sophisticated, and stylish. Gretchen Felker-Martin's prose is volcanic and visceral. This story isn’t for the faint of heart... but damn... it is such a rewarding reading experience” —David Gallaher, author of High Moon and Tom Clany’s Ghost Recon