Composite Creatures

Praise

“Deliciously creepy!”
– Chris Riddell, triple Award-winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal

“As thought-provoking as it is chilling.”
– Publishers Weekly

“A thought-provoking dystopian debut which continuously questions what it truly means to be alive…Hardaker’s prose is pensive, melancholic and lyrical.”
– The Fantasy Hive

“A story you won’t forget in a hurry (try as you might) and an exceptional debut novel.”
– SciFiNow

“The writing is wistful and works in such a way you don’t realise how wonderfully strange the book is until you are enfolded in it.”
– RJ Barker, author of The Bone Ships

“an unapologetic, intimate tale of our shared human fragility, and the deceptions we employ to keep from breaking.” 
– Chris Panatier, author of The Phlebotomist

“Explores what constitutes love, how to build a life when a lot we take for granted is missing, and what it takes to ‘glue together a splitting world.’”
– Rosie Garland, author of The Palace of Curiosities

“A delicate and terrifying prospect of our future, with the most lovable creatures.”
– Keren Landsman, Geffen Award-winning author of The Heart of the Circle

“Creepy and enthralling, Hardaker’s superbly written debut will drip feed you dread from beginning to end.”
– Dan Hanks, author of Captain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire

“Highly recommended.”
– Booklist, Starred Review
 
“Favorite science fiction book of the year”
– The Washington Post

PRAISE FOR CAROLINE HARDAKER

“A strong debut, and one that makes me want to read more from this up-and-coming author.”
– Marija Smits on Bone Ovation

“Caroline Hardaker’s debut poetry pamphlet is a triumph of contemporary myth-making.”
– Sabotage Reviews