What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne

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$26.95

Release date: October 6, 2026

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STARRED KIRKUS REVIEW: "Lush and innovative worldbuilding, gruesome body horror . . . A nail-biting tale set in a beautifully rendered world of darkness and danger"

The Descent meets Annihilation in What Feeds Below, a deliciously creepy YA horror fantasy that asks: Who do you become in the face of absolute darkness, and what would you do to survive?

The darkness isn't empty. It's hungry.

At the edge of the City of the Void, a massive chasm extends miles into the earth, its treacherous terrain overrun with vicious monsters and carnivorous plants. For orphaned best friends Petra and Jade, guiding treasure-seeking tourists down into the Void is the only way to earn enough to pull themselves up out of the slums for good.

Petra prefers to play it safe and take jobs only in the Void's upper levels, where the dangers are better understood, while Jade wants to risk a descent to the deepest and most mysterious Sixth Layer. Because the deeper they go, the better the payout, and the sooner their dreams can become reality. Their friendship is Petra's whole world, and Jade's approval means everything—so Petra agrees to do it Jade's way.

When their job goes wrong and Jade is lost in the Void, Petra must plunge deeper than she's ever dared to save her friend. But she doesn't know the truth of the Void . . . or what really waits for her in its depths.

About the Author

Tatiana Schlote-Bonne is the author of the horror novels Such Lovely Skin and The Mean Ones and has an MFA from The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. When she's not writing, she's either gaming, lifting weights, or teaching people how to lift weights. She is of Japanese, Mexican, and European descent, and lives in Iowa.