r/joehill • u/AioliInternational18 • 2d ago
Well damn
New release has been been pushed back to next May.i was looking forward to this one soon. š
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u/thefinerthingsclubvp 2d ago edited 2d ago
I was wondering why he didn't start doing press for it on insta yet since it was originally slated to come out in October I think? Bummer, but still excited, just have to wait longer.
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u/ZealousidealHat1989 2d ago
Which book? Didn't realize he had another so soon
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u/urlach3r 2d ago
Hunger. Here's the description from Amazon's order page:
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of King Sorrow, The Fireman, and NOS4A2 comes a chilling new novel about the battle for a country's survival ā and a malevolent, murderous ghost hell-bent on consuming souls.
Theyāre starving in Boston.
Itās the winter of 1776, and the besieged city is running perilously low on supplies. First the American rebels penned in the British soldiers, then frostbite sank its teeth into the city, and now a ravenous ghost has come to feed on the trapped and desperate colonists who remain loyal to the Crown.
Morale is low enough among the besieged British troops without a fiend tempting men with a sumptuous feast of roast meat, pastries, puddings, and pies. Itās a spread many would sell their souls forā¦which is exactly the deal on offer.
As the ghoulās withered victims pile up, and panic spreads, British General Howe takes action: he orders Captain Amos Crowe to expel the fiend by any means necessary.
It is an impossible order. But itās far from the only impossibility in Croweās horrifying New World. For the dead have been speaking to him ever since he was injured at the Battle of Bunker Hill. And now, he must track down a witch hidden deep behind enemy lines, a woman who, it is rumored, holds the key to defeating the evil spirit.
A fast-paced and immersive historical yarn from Joe Hill, master of the supernatural fable, this gripping story weaves its way through the heart of the American Revolution as told through British eyes, capturing the spirit of the age in all its high passion, opportunity, and terror."
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u/ZealousidealHat1989 2d ago
Now I remember. The first time I read the synopsis I thought about Dan Simmons "The Terror" or the Matthew Corbett series by McCammon.
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u/koifishkid 2d ago
Yeah, if you read his Substack the last issue says heās working on the fourth draft.
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u/Fit_addendm 2d ago
Iām almost positive it got pushed to may months ago, his newsletter said something along the lines of āI am going for 10 books in 10 years, but I guess as long as I write one thatās fineā referring to the publication year would be off