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    What Feasts at Night
    What Feasts at Night
    What Feasts at Night
    Audiobook5 hoursSworn Soldier

    What Feasts at Night

    Written by T. Kingfisher

    Narrated by Avi Roque

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    "Narrator Avi Roque delivers a perfectly paced performance....seamlessly switching between English, Scottish, and American accents to distinguish the variety of characters." —AudioFile on What Moves the Dead, an Earphones Award winner)

    The follow-up to T. Kingfisher’s bestselling gothic novella, What Moves the Dead.

    Retired soldier, Alex Easton, returns in a horrifying new adventure.

    After their terrifying ordeal at the Usher manor, Alex Easton feels as if they just survived another war. All they crave is rest, routine, and sunshine, but instead, as a favor to Angus and Miss Potter, they find themself heading to their family hunting lodge, deep in the cold, damp forests of their home country, Gallacia.

    In theory, one can find relaxation in even the coldest and dampest of Gallacian autumns, but when Easton arrives, they find the caretaker dead, the lodge in disarray, and the grounds troubled by a strange, uncanny silence. The villagers whisper that a breath-stealing monster from folklore has taken up residence in Easton’s home. Easton knows better than to put too much stock in local superstitions, but they can tell that something is not quite right in their home. . . or in their dreams.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

    Editor's Note

    Creeps up on you…

    In “What Moves the Dead,” Kingfisher reimagined Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”; with “What Feasts at Night,” the author continues her “Sworn Soldier” series. After the unsettling events at the Usher house, former soldier Alex Easton longs for respite at a hunting lodge — but something is amiss, and the local villagers talk of an eerie presence that soon begins to haunt Alex’s dreams. Gothic and claustrophobic, this novella creeps up like a ghost in the night.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateFeb 13, 2024
    ISBN9781250332158
    What Feasts at Night
    Author

    T. Kingfisher

    T. Kingfisher, also known as Ursula Vernon, is the author and illustrator of many projects, including the webcomic “Digger,” which won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story and the Mythopoeic Award. Her novelette “The Tomato Thief” won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, and her short story “Jackalope Wives” won the Nebula Award for Best Story. She is also the author of the bestselling Dragonbreath, and the Hamster Princess series of books for children. Find her online at RedWombatStudio.com.

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    Reviews for What Feasts at Night

    4/5

    55 ratings6 reviews

    What our readers think

    Readers find this title entertaining and promising, with a good balance of eerie and mystical elements. The humor interjected by the narrator is enjoyable. Some reviewers express hope for the continuation of the series. While some feel the execution fell flat with excessive backstory, others appreciate the creepy atmosphere and charming characters. Overall, the novella sets up an interesting future storyline and is a good read, although some prefer the first book in the series. The potential for more chilling tales with the character Alex Easton is mentioned by multiple reviewers.

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    • 4/5

      Mar 8, 2025

      I love Alex Easton as a narrator, so I greatly enjoying this too. Ka's way of telling a story is so compelling to me, even though ka addresses the reader sometimes, which I dislike as a storytelling device.
      The story itself is fun, too! No mushrooms this time, though through Mrs. Potters presence they is talk about them. More folklore-y than What Moves the Dead, still super fun, and with a new fun side characters in addition to the repeated loveable familiar faces.
    • 5/5

      Sep 9, 2024

      Just as entertaining as the last book was! I hope this series continues for a long time
    • 4/5

      Apr 28, 2024

      This was a good, creepy novella by T. Kingfisher! Enjoyed it, but I will say I liked book 1 better!

      I do wonder if we'll get another chilling tale with our dear friend Alex Easton ??
    • 5/5

      Apr 20, 2024

      Loved it. An eerie and mystical story with charming characters. There were scary moments but also sweet and funny moments. Feelgood-horror, basically.
    • 2/5

      Feb 15, 2024

      What Feasts at Night
      by T. Kingfisher
      Sworn Soldier #2
      Horror Novella
      Goodreads Giveaway
      Scribd (Everand) Audio
      Ages: 16+

      Alex Easton and Angus head to Alex's hunting lodge in their home country of Gallacia to prepare it for the arrival of their new friend Miss Potter so she can study and paint, much to Alex's distaste after what happened at Usher Manor, the local fungi... Mushrooms.

      Upon arrival, Alex and Angus find the lodge in disrepair. Going to the local village they find out the caretaker had died a few months previous, and upon inquiring they had a hard time finding anyone who would take over duties to get the home cleaned and prepare food for the group. Only a widow who showed disdain towards Alex for no apparent reason other than they owned the place and her grandson would take the job.

      A few days into cleaning the widow began to protect the home from a breath-stealing monster from folklore.


      Even though I thought this story was more developed, which made it flow quicker than the first, it still isn't as good as some of the author's other work!

      While I'm impartial towards Alex, I like Angus, the widow, but I really liked her grandson Boris. He didn't dilly around with work or the truth.

      The story took its sweet time to reach its climax, and if I had been reading, I would've been skipping, (but I did listen to it at 1.5). The narrator, while she did a good job, I felt that her voice sounded too 'old' for the MC.

      I don't have any ideas what improvements could be made because it had some really nice and gory descriptions, it just seemed to take forever to make a point.

      2 Stars
    • 3/5

      Feb 20, 2024

      I was really excited about this novella because I really enjoyed What Moves The Dead, but I found this story just didn't live up to the hype. The story had such promise, but too much time was spent in the beginning chapters on useless back story that you were halfway through the novel before the groundwork was being laid for the actual story. The story was wrapped up in one short chapter, and the main storyline only took up about 5 of the 14 total chapters. The narrator was fun and I enjoyed the humor interjected throughout the story for sure though. The novella did set up a potentially interesting future novella/novel that could explore Easton's military history too.

      Overall, the story was promising, but the execution just fell flat for me.