Hunger and the Green: A Peridot Novella

Written by R J Theodore

Narrated by Jenn Dupree

This description and this book contain spoilers for the author's Peridot Shift series. It is recommended that you read FLOTSAM and SALVAGE first!

A gothic horror set in the world of Peridot, Mary Shelley's influence permeates this magic-infused tale of hubris, horror, and obsession.

Following the events of Peridot Shift Book Two, SALVAGE, a Yu'Nyun gas released on the trade winds is tearing people's souls from them, leaving their bodies violent, anguished husks. Ada's brother, Elias, is one of many of the foul winds' victims.

Launching a desperate plan to bring him back, Ada hires a bounty hunter to procure an empty body for her brother's preserved quintessence. If Ada can re-bond Elias's soul to this new body, they can help the other citizens of Peridot who were similarly devastated.

But when the bounty hunter brings her a mermaid, one of Onaya Bone's dangerous experiments, Ada's plan for redemption spirals into a hellish nightmare. The flesh-eating mermaid may not have a soul, but she won't allow Elias to have her body without a fight.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robot Dinosaur Press
• Release date: Oct 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781956771008

R J Theodore

R J Theodore is hellbent on keeping herself busy. Seriously folks, if she has two spare minutes to rub together at the end of the day, she invents a new project with which to occupy them. She enjoys design, illustration, video games (mostly spectating, for she is not as adept at them as she would prefer), reading, binging on media, napping with her cats, and cooking. She is passionate about art and coffee. R J Theodore lives in New England with her family. She co-hosts The Hybrid Author Podcast and writes non-fiction as Rekka Jay.

Reviews for Hunger and the Green

[milliehennessy · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I let this book sit in my TBR for FAR too long because it was friggen awesome! I've been a fan of the Peridot series for years now and I don't know why I didn't read it immediately after buying it because I've been waiting eagerly for the next book in the series. This does take place after book 2, Salvage, so you'll need to read Peridot and Salvage to avoid some major plot spoilers. However, the characters in this story are not related to the main cast from the series. This is brief, queer, Frankenstien retelling that really threw me for a loop in the best way! What I geeked out about after first reading Peridot (I've read it a couple times now) were the vampiric, flying, "skymerms" as I dubbed them in all caps in my original review. This story centers around one of these skymerms and what a trip it was. This could have easily been a more fleshed-out novel, I think, because I wanted to know more about our characters, Ada, Elias, and Frankie. But other than that, I think it works pretty well as a novella in the series and gives more insight into the skymerms that I'm so enamoured with. If you enjoy the rest of the series, defeinitely read this, though it takes a break from the focus on a lot of the gods and magic and technology of the world, to focus in on a small part. Though, as I mentioned before, it does take place after the events of book two, so there is some significant impact there. Definitely read this series!!!