A lonely boy accidentally awakens an eldritch sea god in this YA horror from the New York Times bestselling author of Don''t Let the Forest In . The only thing Jonathan Covey wants from the gloomy, moldering isle of Kelcarrow is to leave. Summer is ending, and his friends are looking forward to college on the mainland, unaware that Jonathan was not accepted to join them. He''ll be left behind with nothing but the ocean''s haunts and a rising dread of being abandoned. In an act of wild desperation, Jonathan pays a tithe to Scorpion Deep, an eldritch sea god who many of the locals have dismissed as myth. He wants to forget the past, he wants to follow his friends, and most of all he wants to escape. To his horror, the ritual works and Scorpion Deep awakens. Despite his terror, Jonathan is drawn toward the ageless entity that is just as obsessed with him. As scales start growing down his spine and Scorpion Deep''s adoration turns bloody, Jonathan realises the only way to end the nightmare is to destroy the monster. One way or another. But once a god has awoken, the only way to be free is to pay a price in blood.

Autorentext
CG Drews is the author of A Thousand Perfect Notes*, The Boy Who Steals Houses* and Don't Let the Forest In*. CG's work has been translated into five languages and was nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal and won the 2020 CBCA Honour Award. CG lives in Australia, never sleeps and is forever buried under a pile of unread books.

Klappentext

A dark, intoxicating and deeply unsettling queer YA horror about a lonely boy and a sinister sea god risen from the deep, from the New York Times bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In and Hazelthorn. Perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge.

The only thing Jonathan wants from the mouldering isle of Kelcarrow is to escape. Summer is ending, and when his friends leave for college on the mainland, Jonathan will be alone with nothing but the ocean's haunts.

In an act of wild desperation, Jonathan pays a tithe to Scorpion Deep - an eldritch sea god - and, to his horror, awakens him from the murky depths. As scales grow down his spine and Scorpion Deep's obsession darkens, Jonathan realises the only way to end the nightmare is to destroy the monster.

But the price must be paid in blood.