The Works of Vermin: A dark, decadent horror adventure about revenge, decay and toxic bugs

Hiron Ennes

Oct 2025 · Pan Macmillan

Ebook

336

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Eligible

This book will become available on October 16, 2025. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

'An intriguing work of whimsi-grotesquerie' – Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas SixHe was sent to kill a pest. Instead, he found a monster.

Monster hunters tangle with court politics in this horror adventure by the critically acclaimed author of Leech.

Enter the decadent, deadly city of Tiliard.

In a complex, chaotic metropolis, Guy Moulène has a simple goal: keep his sister out of debt. For her sake, he’ll take on any job, no matter how vile.

As an exterminator, Guy hunts the uncanny pests that crawl up from the river. These vermin are all strange, and often dangerous. His latest quarry is different: a worm the size of a dragon with a deadly venom and a ravenous taste for artwork. As it digests Tiliard from the sewers to the opera houses, its toxin reshapes the future of the city. No sane person would hunt it, if they had the choice.

Guy doesn’t have a choice.

'A lush and seductive story, rife with opulent horror and decaying decadence' – Sunyi Dean, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book Eaters

'I will follow this writer anywhere going forward' – Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

About the author

Hiron Ennes is the British Fantasy Award-winning and World Fantasy Award-nominated author of Leech. In their spare time they're a rogue harpist, mad doctor, and avid dog-petter.

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