{"product_id":"hemo-sapiens-9781459755673","title":"Hemo Sapiens","description":"\u003cb\u003eThese women are out for blood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Filmic, funny and genuinely terrifying, \u003cem\u003eHemo Sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e is part detective story, part vampire myth and an all-biting (pun intended) exploration of the horrors of pregnancy, and the power of sisterhood.\" -- Paola Ferrante, author of \u003cem\u003eHer Body Among Animals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetective Luke Stockton is preparing for his first child with his wife, Beatrice, but balancing work and home is a challenge as she is behaving with increasing strangeness. Beatrice begins to frequent a medspa offering mysterious prenatal checkups, leech treatments, and vampire facials. And, against his will, Luke finds himself irresistibly drawn to the spa's sophisticated owner, Cleo, who has a deadly secret to keep.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pressure builds for Luke as he investigates a series of murders involving exsanguinated runaway boys. Trailing a perplexing killer, and bent on protecting his wife and their child, Luke is thrust into a shadowy, erotic world of wealth, subterfuge, and danger. And the closer he gets to the truth, the more danger he courts for himself and his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHemo Sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e is an audacious and bloodthirsty fairy tale, pitting one man against a community beyond good and evil, in a modern tale of intrigue and female sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmily A. Weedon\u003c\/strong\u003e is the CSA award-winning screenwriter of \u003cem\u003eChateau Laurier\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRed Ketchup\u003c\/em\u003e, and the author of the epic dystopia \u003cem\u003eAutokrator\u003c\/em\u003e. She played Lucy in two separate productions of \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e, and growing up probably checked out \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e and other vampire books more than anyone else in the Coe Hill library, so it was inevitable that she would write a novel about vampires. \u003cem\u003eHemo Sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e is her second novel. She lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676272591122,"sku":"9781459755673","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4781cdcd-d31f-43ee-a4ba-56bb4d94470c.jpg?v=1761051494","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hemo-sapiens-9781459755673","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}