Liquid Snakes

"Stephen Kearse is a fearless writer who has created an endlessly entertaining cast of characters. Liquid Snakes sits at the timely and unsettling intersection between public health and crime, and I was furious that it had to come to an end." —Kashana Cauley, author of The Survivalists

“What if the communities poisoned by Big Chem turned their enemy into a weapon, wielding molecular magic for revenge—and maybe also liberation? Kearse takes this clever premise and, with his distinctive style and low-key humor, crafts a story that will grab hold of your brain and blow it to bits. Like nothing else I've read, in the best possible way.” —Nicola Twilley, Co-host, Gastropod; co-author, Until Proven Safe: The History & Future of Quarantine

“Who poisons who in Stephen Kearse’s inspired Liquid Snakes? A slippery, satirical, quick-witted trip through the lives of misfits forced to find the line between clarity and revenge, annihilation and release—frequently hilarious, unexpectedly tender, and resolutely of our time.” —Geoff Manaugh, New York Times-bestselling author of A Burglar’s Guide to the City (and/or Executive Producer, We Have A Ghost)

"Restless, searching, and totally gripping. Kearse has written a brilliant novel that manages to be, among other things, a pharmacological thriller and an incisive meditation on the poison-pen letter." —Hannah Gold, critic and author