The red winter / Cameron Sullivan.
"In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible Beast of Gévaudan has returned, and the French countryside runs red in its wake. Sebastian knows the Beast. A monster-slayer with centuries of experience, he joined the hunt for the creature twenty years ago and watched it slaughter its way through a long and bloody winter. Even with the help of his indwelling demon, Sarmodel - who takes payment in living hearts - it nearly cost him his life to bring the monster down. Now, two decades later, Sebastian has been recalled to the hunt by Antoine Avenel d'Ocerne, an estranged lover who shares a dark history with the Beast and a terrible secret with Sebastian. Drawn by both the chance to finish the Beast for good and the promise of a reconciliation with Antoine, Sebastian cannot refuse. But Gévaudan is not as he remembers it, and Sebastian's unfinished business is everywhere he looks. Years of misery have driven the people to desperation, and France teeters on the edge of revolution. Sebastian's arcane activities - not to mention his demonic counterpart - have also attracted the inquisitorial eye of the French clergy. And the Beast is poised to close his jaws around them all and plunge the continent into war. Debut author Cameron Sullivan tears the heart out of history with this darkly entertaining retelling of the hunt for the Beast of Gévaudan. Lifting the veil on the hidden world behind our own, it reimagines the story of Europe, from Imperial Rome to Saint Jehanne d'Arc, the madness of Gilles de Rais and the first flickers of the French Revolution." -- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781250362766
- ISBN: 1250362768
- ISBN: 9781035047482
- ISBN: 1035047489
- ISBN: 9781035047543
- ISBN: 1035047543
- Physical Description: 535 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Tor Publishing Group, [2026]
- Copyright: ©2026
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- The deluxe hardcover edition features a color illustration on front endpapers and red sprayed edges.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC SULLIVAN (Text) | 36015000787016 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 08/19/2026 |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC SULLIVAN (Text) | 36015002700165 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Sullivan (Text) | 31010000920886 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F SULLIVAN (Text) | 39493110156728 | Adult New Fiction | In process | - |
| Alexander Main Library | F Sullivan (Text) | 34269001481317 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | F SUL (Text) | 80605000655208 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 06/03/2026 |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Sul (Text) | 37807000074293 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | F SUL (Text) | 39488900312887 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | F SULLIVAN (Text) | 31781069801312 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F SUL (Text) | 0020514063617 | Adult New Fiction | Reshelving | - |
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