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    "description": "A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors. Perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth and Annihilation.\n\n\"A defining voice of our generation.\" \u2013H.E. Edgmon, author of The Witch King\n\"Hands down the best YA horror book I've read.\" \u00ad\u2013Aden Polydoros, author of The City Beautiful\n\"A chimera of horror, romance, and something stranger.\" \u2013Rose Szabo, author of What Big Teeth\n\"A timely and riveting tale.\" \u2013Ray Stoeve, author of Between Perfect and Real\n\nSixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him\u2014the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world\u2019s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can\u2019t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with.\n \nBut when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. The ALC\u2019s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji\u2019s darkest secret: the cult\u2019s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all.    \n \nStill, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick\u2019s terms\u2026until he discovers the ALC\u2019s mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and more than a few secrets of his own.",
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