Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
The Works of Vermin has me intrigued on so many levels – the title makes you look twice, the cover is lovely, and the synopsis really sealed the deal. I love the idea of a city in a tree stump and a story that follows a desperate monster hunter as he takes on impossible quarry. Hiron Ennes is a new author to me and hopefully The Works of Vermin won’t be the last book I pick up by them! This has a release date of October 14, 2025.
He was sent to kill a pest. Instead, he found a monster.
Enter the decadent, deadly city of Tiliard, carved into the stump of an ancient tree. In its canopy, the pampered elite warp minds with toxic perfume; in its roots, gangs of exterminators hunt a colossal worm with an appetite for beauty.
In a complex, chaotic city, Guy Moulène has a simple keep his sister out of debt. For her sake, he’ll take on any job, no matter how vile.
As an exterminator, Guy hunts the uncanny pests that crawl up from the river. These vermin are all strange, and often dangerous. His latest quarry is a worm the size of a dragon with a deadly venom and a ravenous taste for artwork. As it digests Tiliard from the sewers to the opera houses, its toxin reshapes the future of the city. No sane person would hunt it, if they had the choice.
Guy doesn’t have a choice.
Powder & Page 
What an intriguing premise – and I didn’t realise at first that that was a giant worm on the cover!
Lynn 😀
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