Inspection

Boys are being trained at one school for geniuses, girls at another. Neither knows the other exists-until now. The New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box invites you into a world of secrets and horror in a coming-of-age story like no other.

Inspection proves that Josh Malerman is a master magician of narrative form. He's distilled the zeitgeist of our terrible times into this dazzling chameleon of a story, part Grimm's fairy tale of innocent youth, part dystopian gender politics, and authoritarianism run amok, with a satisfying Tarantino-esque ending. - Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger

A twisted fairy tale set in a truly unique world that should not be spoiled, Josh Malerman's Inspection reimagines the pillars of childhood in a smart, witty, and compulsively readable story of growth and rebellion. Read it and enjoy the discovery. - Scott Hawkins, author of The Library at Mount Char

Engaging and suspenseful! Malerman creates a fiendish fairy tale of a world where boy was never meant to meet girl and the hell unleashed when they finally do. - J. D. Barker, internationally bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey and Dracul

Inspection is Josh Malerman's best work to date, a riveting, terrifying, and ultimately life-affirming fable. I'd put Inspection on the same tier as other great novels of dictatorial manipulation such as Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go . An experience not to be missed by an author who is firing on all cylinders. - Philip Fracassi, author of Behold the Void

Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and one of two singer-songwriters for the rock band the High Strung. His debut novel, Bird Box, is the inspiration for the hit Netflix film of the same name. His other novels include Unbury Carol, Inspection, A House at the Bottom of a Lake, and Malorie, the sequel to Bird Box. Malerman lives in Michigan with his fiancée, the artist and musician Allison Laakko. joshmalerman.com X: @JoshMalerman Facebook: facebook.com/JoshMalerman Instagram: @joshmalerman