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“Filmic, funny and genuinely terrifying, Hemo Sapiens is part detective story, part vampire myth and an all-biting (pun intended) exploration of the horrors of pregnancy, and the power of sisterhood.” — Paola Ferrante, author of Her Body Among Animals
Detective Luke Stockton is preparing for his first child with his wife, Beatrice, but balancing work and home is a challenge as she is behaving with increasing strangeness. Beatrice begins to frequent a medspa offering mysterious prenatal checkups, leech treatments, and vampire facials. And, against his will, Luke finds himself irresistibly drawn to the spa’s sophisticated owner, Cleo, who has a deadly secret to keep.
The pressure builds for Luke as he investigates a series of murders involving exsanguinated runaway boys. Trailing a perplexing killer, and bent on protecting his wife and their child, Luke is thrust into a shadowy, erotic world of wealth, subterfuge, and danger. And the closer he gets to the truth, the more danger he courts for himself and his family.
Hemo Sapiens is an audacious and bloodthirsty fairy tale, pitting one man against a community beyond good and evil, in a modern tale of intrigue and female sexuality.
A razor-sharp, seductive plunge into a world where the line between predator and prey blurs, and nothing — least of all your assumptions — can be trusted. With witty, biting dialogue and a dark, glittering edge, Weedon delivers a vampire tale that redefines the genre.
With propulsive storytelling and gorgeous prose, Hemo Sapiens is a fresh, feminist reimagining of vampire mythology, and bloody good fun.
With irresistible pacing, compelling characters, and a superbly written story that is as compelling as it is unique, Emily A. Weedon's Hemo Sapiens is so much more than a vampire story, it is an evolved take on what people think a vampire story is, or should be, resulting in something entirely new and exciting.
Hemo Sapiens is a spicy cocktail of horror, eroticism, and feminism with a real bite – perhaps a Bloody Mary with real blood substituted for the tomato juice.
Unspooling with blood-soaked irreverence, Hemo Sapiens is a fun and welcome addition to the vampire genre. Weedon is adept at depicting both visceral sensuality and gruesome gore – often at the same time. With a heady mix of eroticism, measured brutality, and well-rendered mystery, the novel gives readers a modern world of wealth, power, and desire, while maintaining the seductive tradition of the elegant and insatiable vampire.
Part cop story, part vampire novel, Hemo Sapiens is a ride. It’s fast-paced, and Weedon leaves you wanting to know what will happen next. Each character is deeply flawed but also still engaging, dragging you into trying to figure out their motives throughout the novel.
The pacing of the plot never lets up – from the explosive first chapter, the stakes build and build to the blood-stained climax. Emily Weedon is also not afraid to pull punches and kill seemingly important characters off throughout as well, which keeps the reader off balance throughout.
Emily A. Weedon brings new blood to the bloodsucker ... The author’s influences — from Whitley Strieber’s "The Hunger” to the medical paranoia cinema of David Cronenberg — are obvious, but do not detract from her ability to craft a vivid tale that is all her own.