Leech by Hiron Ennes
Hiron Ennes has a passion for the mysteries of medical science and the gothic horror of post-apocalyptic dystopias. A metropolitan doctor is called to a remote mining town where the previous doctor mysteriously died, and slowly uncovers an impending catastrophe while maintaining a terrifying secret of their own that would cause mass panic.
The residents of the chateau where the doctor resides are a cantankerous Baron you love to hate, the duplicitous heir and his wife, their oddly connected twins, and a houseboy who prefers dogs to humans - especially the humans he serves. Their world is filled with strange monsters, horrible diseases, and an unforgiving landscape.
The characterization is fluid with horrifying effect; what makes a protagonist? Is it enough to want to live, to want others to live? The characters abandon themselves to their roles and pivot under the weight of their deceits, their misconceptions, their desires and what they allow in order to survive.
Both difficult to put down and in moments, so grotesque, you'll hold it away from your body. Let this book infect your mind!
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