A light most hateful
(Book)

A runaway working a dead-end job in Pennsylvania must fight to return home when an intense, otherworldly summer storm arrives bringing a mind-bending monster that enslaves the residents in the new novel by the author of Queen of Teeth.

Three years after running away from home, Olivia is stuck with a dead-end job in nowhere town Chapel Hill, Pennsylvania. At least she has her best friend, Sunflower. Then a summer night storm crashes into town--with a mind-bending monster in tow. If Olivia is going to escape Chapel Hill and someday reconcile with her parents, she'll need to dodge residents enslaved by the storm's otherworldly powers--and find Sunflower. As the night strains friendships and reality itself, Olivia comes to suspect that the storm--and its monster--has its eyes on Sunflower. -- adapted from back cover