Hunger's Bite - BookWyrm

272 pages

English language

Published 2025 by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc..

ISBN:: 978-1-4549-5024-0

(3 reviews)

A specter is haunting the Atlantic!

After growing up together on the luxurious SS Lark, Neeta Pandey and Emery Botwright are ready to start their lives. Emery wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and sail the Lark forever, while Neeta yearns to travel the world. But neither will have any future at all if the Lark’s new owner, Mr. Honeycutt, has his way.

Mr. Honeycutt . . . The first-class passengers adore him, while he makes the ship a nightmare for the crew. Twisted by unnatural appetites, the rich are actually transforming into something less than human, and their insatiable demands soon push the staff toward a—quite literal— burnout.

Something otherworldly is undeniably aboard the SS Lark, something horribly hungry. But it’s not Wick Farley: vampire, secret agent, and paranormal investigator. Alone and at sea, with only Neeta and Emery to help him, he must uncover the truth about …

A specter is haunting the Atlantic!

After growing up together on the luxurious SS Lark, Neeta Pandey and Emery Botwright are ready to start their lives. Emery wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and sail the Lark forever, while Neeta yearns to travel the world. But neither will have any future at all if the Lark’s new owner, Mr. Honeycutt, has his way.

Mr. Honeycutt . . . The first-class passengers adore him, while he makes the ship a nightmare for the crew. Twisted by unnatural appetites, the rich are actually transforming into something less than human, and their insatiable demands soon push the staff toward a—quite literal— burnout.

Something otherworldly is undeniably aboard the SS Lark, something horribly hungry. But it’s not Wick Farley: vampire, secret agent, and paranormal investigator. Alone and at sea, with only Neeta and Emery to help him, he must uncover the truth about Mr. Honeycutt. And fast—before a ravenous craving for power consumes them all.

Taylor Robin’s debut graphic novel is a thrilling supernatural adventure told in crackling, vibrant colors.

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nex3 reviewed Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin

Review of Hunger's Bite

5 stars

What should I laud first? Taylor Robin's excellent use of the visual medium to convey emotion, meaning, and momentum? The stridently proletarian perspective in a genre and setting that are both dominated by a fascination with aristocracy? A truly world-class homoerotic vampire/neck moment in a book that isn't even really about that? It's all so excellent I don't even know where to start. This is an impressive work by any measure, and as a first full graphic novel the level of craft on display here in combination with the raw engagement of the story is downright incredible.

nex3

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September 15

Rob (He / They)

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March 26