When a stubborn, independent witch begs the Scapegracers to save her from a cruel and unusual punishment, Sideways knows they have to get involved…
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover of H. A. Clarke’s The Feast Makers, the final installment of the Scapegracers trilogy—available March 26, 2024 from Erewhon Books.
After restoring their powers, Sideways just wants to get on with senior year. But the covens have convened for the trial of Madeline Kline. When this stubborn, independent witch begs the Scapegracers to save her from a cruel and unusual punishment, Sideways knows they have to get involved. It’s the right thing to do, even if Madeline did steal their soul and wear it for a time. Right?
Making an example out of Madeline seems, strangely, just as important to the most powerful covens as divvying up the Scapegracers amongst themselves. Sideways, Jing, Daisy, and Yates are reluctant to abandon what they’ve built together, but as the college acceptances (and rejections) roll in, the offer of a magical family beyond Sycamore Gorge becomes increasingly tempting.
Unfortunately, choosing a new coven will have to wait: witchfinders are gathering in town, and some of these visitors make the Chantrys seem tame in comparison. Every witch—Scapegracer or not—is about to be in grave danger.
And on top of all that, Sideways thinks they just might be in love.
In H. A. Clarke’s signature raw and explosive style, The Feast Makers brings the indie-bestselling Scapegracers trilogy to a dynamic end as Sideways, Jing, Daisy, Yates, and Shiloh struggle with college acceptances, queer romance, and the meaning of justice in an ever-challenging world.
“The Feast Makers is a decadent work of absolutely feral genius. Reading it made me grow extra teeth. This one cements H.A. Clarke as a put-everything-down, cancel-plans must-read for me.”– Hugo Award winning and bestselling author, Sarah Gailey
From editor Diana Pho:
“I picked up Scapegracers trilogy mid-stream when I came onboard Erewhon last December. But immediately plunging into August’s vibrantly real, sometimes chaotic, and always compassionate world has been a pure joy. It’s an honor to work together with them for The Feast Makers, which is the culmination of Sideways’ high school journey and a confirmation of their complex identity as a witch, a radical, and a young queer person living today.”
From author August Clarke:
“The Feast Makers is my favorite, and Anka Lavriv and Samira Iravani, the illustrator and cover designer, have done it up so splendidly. I’m so grateful for them, for Diana Pho’s brilliant insight and gusto jumping into this project, and the whole Erewhon team. Putting one’s diehard clique in its larger community context means both being known by others like you and by those who unilaterally want you to stop existing, and Feast Makers is a stab at imagining the best and worse in big bright candy colors. We’re stronger together. Gayer, too. Let’s goooooooo.”
August Clarke is here and queer, etc. They have been published in PRISM international, Portland Review, and Eidolon. They were a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow in Young Adult Fiction and a Pushcart nominee. They researched queerness, labor, and monstrosity at the University of Chicago. The Feast Makers is the third book in their indie-bestselling series, The Scapegracers, where they write as H. A. Clarke.
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