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Manhunt

Beth and Fran hunt feral men in New England, harvesting organs to avoid the same fate. An accident joins them with Robbie, and they face murderous extremists and feral packs.

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"By far the best book I've read this year.” ― Roxane Gay

#1 Best Book of 2022 ( Vulture) • A Best Horror Novel of All Time ( Cosmopolitan ) • One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 ( Esquire, Library Journal, Paste, and CrimeReads) • A Top 10 Horror Debuts of 2022 ( Booklist) • A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Horror • A Best Book of 2022 (Tor.com) • A Best SFF Book of 2022 (Gizmodo) • A Top 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature ( The New York Times Style Magazine ).

Manhunt is an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and trans men on a grotesque journey of survival.

“A modern horror masterpiece.” ― Carmen Maria Machado

Beth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate.

Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe.

After a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics―all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons.

"A filthy, furious delight."― The New Yorker

Also by Gretchen Felker-Martin : Cuckoo Black Flame

First published: 2022
Publisher: Tor Trade
Pages: 304
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Book tags

Content warnings

Body Horror / Body Trauma
Gore
Transphobia

Missing warnings do not mean other content is absent.

Horror profile

Scary: Not rated
Creepy: Not rated
Gore: Not rated
Disturbing: Not rated
Weird: Not rated

How we calculate this

These are editorial estimates of intensity, informed by reading and review evidence, then checked before publication. They aren't star ratings, reader-vote averages or a measure of quality.

Each dimension runs from 1 (low) to 5 (exceptionally intense). A 5 is reserved for strongly consistent evidence. People experience horror differently.

Scary: Fear, tension and immediate threat.
Creepy: Unease, dread and an uncanny atmosphere.
Gore: Graphic injury, blood and bodily detail.
Disturbing: Upsetting ideas and lingering psychological impact.
Weird: Surreal, strange and reality-bending elements.

We draw a filled profile only when all five scores have been reviewed. Unrated does not mean mild. Missing scores are not estimated from genre tags or your saved taste. This profile isn't a complete content-warning guide.