HellSans

“A smart and unique dystopian thriller… Give this one to readers who like their heroes morally ambiguous.”
– Library Journal

“Dundas’s wildly imaginative debut tackles big ideas of identity, narrative, surveillance, and the societal marginalization of queer and disabled people, while also working as a dark, emotionally centered thriller full of both unsettling absurdity and psychological resonance… Clever metatextual elements and dubious narrators enhance the ride. The harrowing worldbuilding and strong message make this stand out.”
– Publishers Weekly, starred review

“If you like your near future sci-fi dystopia delivered straight up, then HellSans will pull you into a dark, brilliantly imagined world. We are lucky to have Ever Dundas’ inimitable talent, HellSans’ rage, love and sorrow is perfectly contained!”
– Jenni Fagan, bestselling author of Luckenbooth

“This terrific book; a dark and clever sci-fi social satire.”
– Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat

“Clever, terrifying, and full of love and rage – I’m deeply jealous.”
– Mat Osman, author of  The Ruins

“HellSans is speculative fiction at its best: political, fearless, smart, badass. And also with tons of horrific body horror and cruelty from just about everyone. To put it down is unthinkable, you care about everything and everyone all the time.”
– Mariana Enriquez, author of International Booker shortlisted The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

“This is visceral, powerful writing that gets right under your skin, that provokes the kind of physical reaction that leaves you reeling. I was enraged, I was inspired – I want to read every word that Ever Dundas writes.”
– Helen Sedgwick, author of The Growing Season

“A violent and compelling thriller, fuelled by real anger and compassion, with far more psychological and moral complexity than the general run of dystopian fiction.”
– Lisa Tuttle, The Guardian

“HellSans is a remarkable and admirable work… the late Iain M Banks has a worthy, horrible, gimlet-eyed heir.”
– Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman 

“It is a visceral and vicious novel… a body horror with brains,”
– The Skinny

“This novel. Oh wow, this novel.”
– BookRiot

“A cracking read.”
– The Times

“HellSans is innately cinematic, with relentless action, dramatic backdrops, unexpected twists.”
– The Herald Scotland

“So smart and provocative it hurts, this fabulously unique debut is is one to place at the top of your reading lists.”
– LoveReading

PRAISE FOR GOBLIN BY EVER DUNDAS

“In my opinion, the best debut fiction by a Scottish author since 2012. Profoundly affecting, intellectually challenging and beautifully written. An instant classic of modern mythology.”
– Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman

“Terrific… Goblin brims throughout with reckless joy.”
– Peter Ross, The Guardian

“Enthralling… a captivating debut… Dundas presents us with an iconic protagonist: a powerful imaginative force who looks beyond the façade of 20th Century Britain.”
– Alastair Mabbott, The Herald

“A standout debut…sophisticated.”
– Nick Barley, Herald, Books of the Year 2017

“Confounds your expectations and enchants your sensibilities… an indelible and haunting novel.”
– Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae

“A love letter to the outcasts, rebels and underdogs … a dazzling narrative … Unflinching, raw and diamond bright.”
– Megan Kenny, Disclaimer Magazine

“Magic Realist stories often see their hero slipping off somewhere fantastical to escape the harshness of the real world. In a good story, you’re often not sure whether these moments of magic are real or the imaginative embellishments of a vulnerable mind. In a great story, you’re left feeling like it really doesn’t matter. Goblin is a great story.”
– Ross McIndoe, The Skinny

Ever Dundas

Ever Dundas, author of HellSans, is a queer crip writer living in Edinburgh. She gained a Creative Writing Masters with Distinction from Edinburgh Napier University in 2011, and she has a First Class Degree in Psychology and Sociology from Queen Margaret University. She has had several short stories published and her debut novel Goblin won the Saltire First Book of the Year Award 2017. With fellow writer Julie Farrell, she co-founded Inklusion, a kickass guide to making literature events accessible for disabled people, launching August 2022.

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