"Unhinged body horror and I'm here for it!" -- Amazon Review 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.

Katherine Blake is a sickly nutritionist, desperately searching for the purest diet to heal her frail body. She works in a secretive research lab, treading ethical lines when she discovers a man named Robert Hare, an anthropologist both charming and intelligent, but something unnatural looms beneath his dark eyes. He eats only meat and may have the secret cure Katherine so desperately needs.

As Katherine's fascination with Robert Hare intensifies into obsession, she discovers a chilling possibility: the meat fueling his survival could be all too human. Now, Hare has turned his ominous attention towards her in a twisted game of predator and prey. Will Katherine stomach both what it takes to survive ... and what will take hold?

Read the standalone sequel set in the Dark Descendants universe, filled with psychological twists, grotesque discoveries, bodily transformations, cannibalistic creatures, and a pinch of salt. What is a perfect body worth when you're no longer human? About the author and The Dark Descendants Series

Lauren Chambers has a background deeply rooted in the complex terrains of psychological science. With an academic background in personality studies, psychometrics, and psychoanalysis, he crafts stories that delve beyond the surface of fear and into the intricate psyche of his characters, offering both intelligent and warped personalities, often consumed by their own psychic creations.

Combining his passion for psychology with a fascination in collective myths, he seeks to continue the uncanny cultural tapestry of his favorite legends, whether of Christian lore, Canadian monsters, or alchemical achievements. As his first series, The Dark Descendants encompasses a lifelong obsession with the liminal space where madness becomes mystical.

Lauren lives in Northern Virginia.