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Biographical note
Craig DiLouie is an acclaimed American-Canadian author of literary dark fantasy and other fiction. Formerly a magazine editor and advertising executive, he also works as a journalist and educator covering the North American lighting industry. Craig is a member of the Imaginative Fiction Writers Association, International Thriller Writers and Horror Writers Association. He currently lives in Calgary, Canada with his two wonderful children.<b><i>The Girl with All The Gift</i>s meets <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i></b>
- Claire North, author of THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST,
It's quite rare to find a story with this much heartbreaking impact . . . <b>this is skilful, powerful stuff</b>
- SCIFINOW,
A tense thriller with a social conscience . . . <b>an effective, and often moving, portrayal of injustice and prejudice</b>
- GUARDIAN,
<b>Potent and powerful</b> . . . DiLouie is an emotionally literate writer, able to see the moral complexities of the revolution he sets in motion, and its likely destination . . . <b>captivating</b>
- STARBURST,
<b>An amazing tour-de-force</b> . . . <i>One of Us</i> rattled me to the core. An engrossing, emotionally-charged book and a work of terrible beauty. <b>I loved it, heart and soul</b>
- John Dixon, Bram Stoker award-winning author of PHOENIX ISLAND,
<i>One of Us</i> is<b> a powerful and heartbreaking tale about hate fear, and truth</b>. Craig DiLouie is fearless as he explores the dark territory of the human heart
- Jonathan Maberry, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author,
Frightening in its familiarity, <i>One of Us</i> is a tale of human monsters and monstrous humans - <b>authentic, brutaland inevitable</b>
- David Walton, internationally bestselling author of THE GENIUS PLAGUE,
This <b>seamless fable of loss, violence and hope</b> forces us to examine what it means to be different and what it means to be human
- Patrick Freivald, author of JADE SKY,
Craig DiLouie's <i>One of Us</i> is <b>without a doubt one of the best books I'll read this year</b> . . .<b> </b>This book has <i>The Island of Dr Moreau</i>'s social conscience, the <i>X-men</i>'s imagination and Harper Lee's heart. But it is DiLouie's skill as a storyteller that blends all of that into <b>a compelling work of near perfection</b>
- Bracken MacLeod, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author,
This is not a kind book, or a gentle book, or a book that pulls its punches. But <b>it's a powerful book and it will change you</b>
- Seanan McGuire,
An unflinching and at times, harrowing look at the nature of hatred . . . <b>I devoured it in one day . . . and it will stay with me for a long time</b>
- TOME AND TANKARD,
<b>Disturbing, beautiful and all-too believable</b>, <i>One of Us</i> is a phenomenal monster story and a powerhouse of a novel. DiLouie continues to be <b>the master of writing the human heart and all the terror it contains</b>
- Peter Clines, author of THE FOLD,
You shouldn't believe there aren't any truly original stories out there anymore, because <b><i>One of Us</i> is one of a kind</b>
- Nicholas Sansbury Smith,
<b>Will stay with you long after the book is done</b>
- WASHINGTON POST,
<b>Dark and disturbingly visceral </b>. . . a worthwhile read
- SFX,
<b><i>One of Us</i> is a stunning achievement in speculative fiction </b>
- SHELF AWARENESS,
<b>A beautifully constructed tragic tale of prejudice and where it leads</b>. Several times through the course of listening to this audiobook, my heart broke into tiny pieces for things that happened. <b>I cannot recommend this book enough</b>
- BOOK GEEKS UNCOMPROMISED,
'The Girl with All The Gifts meets To Kill A Mockingbird' Claire North, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
'It's quite rare to find a story with this much heartbreaking impact . . . this is skilful, powerful stuff' SciFiNow
THEY CALL IT THE PLAGUE
A generation of children born with extreme genetic mutations
THEY CALL IT A HOME
But it's a place of neglect and forced labour
THEY CALL HIM A FREAK
But Dog is just a boy who wants to be treated as normal
THEY CALL THEM DANGEROUS
They might be right
The story of a lost generation, and a boy who just wants to be one of us.
'One of Us is a stunning achievement in speculative fiction' Shelf Awareness
'An amazing tour-de-force . . . One of Us rattled me to the core. An engrossing, emotionally-charged book and a work of terrible beauty. I loved it, heart and soul' John Dixon
'Without a doubt one of the best books I'll read this year . . . a compelling work of near perfection' Bracken MacLeod
'This is not a kind book, or a gentle book, or a book that pulls its punches. But it's a powerful book and it will change you' Seanan McGuire