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Milkteeth
  • Published: 22 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405995580
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

Milkteeth

  • Caitlin Starling
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From author of The Starving Saints and The Death of Jane Lawrence comes a haunting horror about vampirism and motherhood . . .

Beatrice is a broodmother: a vampire responsible for nursing newly made fledglings through the first years of their unlife. She nests in an abandoned, isolated warren of office space beneath her patron's skyscraper, raising two fractious fledglings.

But when she decides to take on a third fledgling, Beatrice finds herself strained by her own ravenous hunger - her body is changing too, transforming her into something even more monstrous.

Desperate to master herself once more, Beatrice courts a mortal who might be able to unravel the secrets of her unnatural anatomy. But their connection threatens the secrecy of her vampiric coven and all that Beatrice holds dear to her unbeating heart.
  • Published: 22 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9781405995580
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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Praise for Milkteeth

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Part existential horror, part speculative fiction, and part paranoia tale, Starling’s latest thrills and chills... At once visceral and introspective.

Kirk us, starred review

Her most original, compelling, and terrifying novel yet.

Book list, starred review

The action is pulse-pounding

Publishers Week ly

Psychological horror at its most terrifying

Book page

-- PRAISE FOR MILKTEETH -

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Fascinating, compelling, impossible to look away from--all apt descriptors for Caitlin Starling's MILKTEETH. This is an aspect of vampire lore that's rarely mined, and as usual Starling pulls no punches. If you think you're vampired-out, think again

Kendare Blake, #1 NYT bestselling author of All These Bodies

A compulsively readable story cradling a powerful look at motherhood, filtered through the lens of vampirism.

Kelley Armstrong, New York Times Bestselling author

MILKTEETH takes a fresh new bite out of the vampire lore, and in doing so spills onto these pages crimson mystery, mind-twisty plotlines, and incredible new characters. As elegant as it is brutal. Brava to Caitlin Starling!

Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Red Empire and Ghosts of the Void.

In 2026, it may seem impossible for any writer to pen a truly unique vampire tale, but Caitlin Starling manages just that with Milkteeth. With its compelling plot, deft writing, and original premise, this novel will quickly seduce you, but be careful: it has teeth.

Johanna van Veen, Author of My Darling Dreadful Thing and Blood on Her Tongue