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The Night Eaters: She Eats the Nights is the first volume in a graphic novel horror trilogy from author Marjorie Liu and illustrator Sana Takeda--the creative team behind the New York Times bestselling series Monstress.
* Eisner Award Winner for Best Graphic Album--New as well as for Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior art)
* Named a Best Graphic Novel of the Year by the Washington Post
* Named a Book We Loved by NPR
Chinese American twins, Milly and Billy, are having a tough time. On top of the multiple failures in their personal and professional lives, they're struggling to keep their restaurant afloat. Luckily their parents, Ipo and Keon, are in town for their annual visit. Having immigrated from Hong Kong before the twins were born, Ipo and Keon have supported their children through thick and thin and are ready to lend a hand--but they're starting to wonder, has their support made Milly and Billy incapable of standing on their own?
When Ipo forces them to help her clean up the house next door--a hellish and run-down ruin that was the scene of a grisly murder--the twins are in for a nasty surprise. A night of terror, gore, and supernatural mayhem reveals that there is much more to Ipo and her children than meets the eye.
Eisner Award-winning and bestselling author Marjorie Liu and illustrator Sana Takeda have crafted a wild and wicked tale that will leave readers hungry for more. She Eats the Night is the perfect start to The Night Eaters trilogy, which is a combination of Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith and Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan.
Plus don't miss The Night Eaters: Her Little Reapers (The Night Eaters Book #2)
Author Notes
Marjorie Liu is an American novelist, poet, comic book writer. She is a graduate of Lawrence University and the University of Wisconsin law school. She is the author of the Dirk & Steele series, Hunter Kiss series. Her stand-alone novels are A Taste of Crimson: Crimson City, Book 2, and Xmen: Dark Mirror. She has written eight novellas, and five short stories. She has written over fourteen comic books, the latest is Montress Volume 2: The Blood.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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Library Journal Review
The award-winning team behind the best-selling "Monstress" series reunites for this tale of generational trauma and supernatural horror. Chinese American twins Milly and Billy have spent their lives trying to win the approval of their mother, Ipo, who immigrated from Hong Kong before they were born and seemingly disdains the life of privilege to which her children were born. When Ipo demands that the twins help her clear out the overgrown, abandoned house in their neighborhood, they assume it's a test of their work ethic--until they discover a roomful of hideous dolls, a massive inhuman skeleton buried in the front yard, and learn about the gruesome murder that took place there years earlier. Illustrator Sana Takeda delivers nuanced character interaction and visceral horror with aplomb. Liu's script alternates scenes of present-day action with flashbacks exploring Ipo and her husband Keon's courtship, their early careers in the Hong Kong film industry, and the decision to immigrate to the United States. This enriches the emotional stakes of the story and builds to a shocking reveal and exciting, cliffhanger ending. VERDICT An intriguing first entry in a promised trilogy, sure to leave fans anticipating the second installment.
