Thirsty Animals: Compelling and original - the book you can't put down

Rachelle Atalla

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense, Science fiction

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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Feb 13, 2024 | 9781529342185 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Mar 28, 2023 | 9781529342192 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Aug 29, 2023 | 9781529342154 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 16, 2023 | 9781529342161 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Feb 13, 2024 | 9781529342185 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Mar 28, 2023 | 9781529342192 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Aug 29, 2023 | 9781529342154 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 16, 2023 | 9781529342161 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Feb 13, 2024 | 9781529342185 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Mar 28, 2023 | 9781529342192 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Aug 29, 2023 | 9781529342154 | RRP $49.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Mar 16, 2023 | 9781529342161 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now

The next book from new, exciting writer Rachelle Atalla. 'Rachelle Atalla is a major talent and I can't wait to see where her mind goes next' Kirstin Innes, author of Scabby Queen

'Original, timely, terrifying' CHRIS WHITAKER

'Brilliant, profoundly unsettling' DAILY MAIL

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WATER RUNS OUT?

THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF WATER.

With supply in the cities drying up, Aida is forced back home to live with her mum at their rural Scottish farm. The border is closed. Tensions are close to breaking point. For now, Aida and her mother have just enough to get by.

But then suspicious strangers arrive asking for help, Aida and her family face a terrible decision. How much water can they afford to share?

AND THEN THE TAPS ARE TURNED OFF.

Can they survive long enough for the rain to come?

Completely compelling, devastating and thought-provoking, Thirsty Animals takes us on a captivating journey of survival and self-discovery.

'Beautifully written, vivid and unflinching, it confirms Atalla as a real talent' DOUG JOHNSTONE

'A master of slow-burning tension and unease . . . The pace of the story builds to an unputdownable conclusion, and the characters will stay with the reader for a long time' CAILEAN STEED

Praise for Thirsty Animals: Compelling and original - the book you can't put down

Thirsty Animals is a hard-hitting speculative thriller, equal parts terrifying and compassionate. Beautifully written, vivid and unflinching, it confirms Atalla as a real talent - Doug Johnstone
Original, timely, terrifying. Thirsty Animals takes a brutal yet deeply heartfelt look at survival, and kindness, and just how difficult it can be for the two to coexist at the extremes - Chris Whitaker
Rachelle Atalla's second novel has shown her once again to be a master of slow-burning tension and unease. Thirsty Animals is terrifyingly believable, and functions both as a warning against overconsumption and division, while also providing a hopeful message about the redemptive possibilities of community. The pace of the story builds to an unputdownable conclusion, and the characters will stay with the reader for a long time - Cailean Steed
this is one seriously brilliant and thought-provoking read - Heat
This brilliant, profoundly unsettling second novel will secure Atalla's place as an extraordinary writer, and a poet of controlled bleakness - Daily Mail
Atalla knows how to ramp up tension expertly, and Thirsty Animals comes to a dramatic, unexpected but satisfying conclusion - Big Issue
Compelling, unsettling and emotive, this is an exciting story of survival and self-discovery - Candis
A disturbing and compelling book - SFX

Rachelle Atalla

Rachelle Atalla is a Scottish-Egyptian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter based in Glasgow. Her short stories have been published widely in literary anthologies and she is the recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. Her first short film screenplay Trifle was commissioned by the Scottish Film & Talent Network and she is developing her first feature length screenplay with BBC Film. The Pharmacist was her first novel and shortlisted for the Scottish Fiction Book of the Year; Thirsty Animals is her second.