It’s a dramatic and enlightening story of drugs, abuse, and the grey-areas of society it shines a brave light on facets of humanity that the media tends to either glamorise, satirise or completely ignore. 'One of the great things about ‘Vein Fire’ is its bravery and directness. Vein Fire is a stunning debut novel by Lucia Adams which editors have proclaimed, 'redefine the transgressive fiction genre'. Its beautifully written passages will haunt the reader, compelling them to learn the fate of the girl who couldn't say no. This dark, voyeuristic story exposes the dysfunction she surrounds herself with as a method of self-harm. Vein Fire gives a startling portrait of Hannah, a young woman with Borderline Personality Disorder. Jared is a sociopath obsessed with a fantasy that Hannah can fly.a theory he plans on forcing her to test, even if the cost is her life. Fearful that a dark secret will be disclosed, and with his addiction to heroin worsening, Matt chooses to abandon Hannah, allowing her to fall prey to Jared. Matt's heroin addiction and the way he exploits her body harm her in places sharp objects can't touch.

Hannah's an outcast, not only because of the scars Matt gave her, but because of the ones she's given herself, too. He finds himself drawn to her, sadistically at first, but after Jared, an acquaintance from the hospital, covets her for his own disturbing uses, Matt struggles to protect her.

Five years later, he is released from a psychiatric facility and his circle of friends overlap with those of Hannah, the girl he maimed. One ordinary day, in one ordinary summer, Matt disfigured a childhood playmate with a cinder block.

Season of the Dead by Lucia Adams