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Ravenous Mother · Novella #1

A Healer

by J. R. Kendiro

The Mother. A titanic organism, humanity's home and ravenous god. Housing sprouts like fungus from flesh, wrapped in membranes, supported by cartilage. No stone. No metal.

Within her pulsing bowels, Khulekani is no ordinary healer. He saves lives and ends them with equal nonchalance. He selects the condemned to feed the Mother, purges humanity of impurity. Knowledge is his only purpose.

And when the last heir of a dying clan forces him to choose between saving a bloodline or execution, Khulekani will prove that no one—not nobles, not healers, not even his own family—can stand between him and his goals.

Because there's something worse than risking death: being useful.

The Mother feeds the child. The child feeds the Mother.

For readers of Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence, Pierce Brown and N.K. Jemisin.

Dark and delicious — and slimy. The images in my head remind me of H.R. Giger's art. I'm hooked and I'm craving more of this intriguing world.

Karoline
Amazon · Goodreads
★★★★☆

The pacing is excellent — never rushed, never slow. I often found myself thinking "just a little bit more." This will leave you ravenous for more.

Nicolas
Amazon
★★★★☆

If you like your fantasy dangerous, and your stories more slow-burn dread than flashy spectacle, Ravenous absolutely delivers.

B Smith
Goodreads
★★★★★

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