The Ragpicker

"Weird, bold, intimate, and devastating, The Ragpicker is shatteringly lovely. Easily the best thing I've read this year."--Kerstin Hall, author of The Border Keeper and Asunder

"If humanity is information, what happens when that information degrades? This astonishing book takes us into a future that feels utterly real, and introduces us to characters we can't help but love as painfully as they learn to love each other. Gorgeous, strange and unforgettable."--Kate Heartfield, author of The Embroidered Book

"Surreal, lyrical, and boundlessly inventive, The Ragpicker is unlike any novel I've ever read. An apocalyptic tale with a bloody beating heart at its center."--Keith Rosson, award-winning author of Fever House and Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons

"An engulfing, absorbing trek through a unique post-apocalyptic Earth where the titular character is haunted by the remnants of a former age and yet discovers what is lost is not necessarily gone forever."--Eeleen Lee, author of Liquid Crystal Nightingale?

"Equal parts cosy and horror, The Ragpicker explores our human need for love, for forgiveness--and for meaning, illuminated in flashes via ancient texts and even a lightning-strike of a one-act play. A gem of a post-apocalyptic novel about kindness and hope."--Genoveva Dimova, author of Foul Days?

"The Ragpicker is an action-laden quest story of a girl and a wanderer and a baby. It's a mesmeric post-apocalyptic narrative with titillating hand combat scenes. It's a story full of heart and angst, courage and belief."-- Eugen Bacon, Aurealis Magazine

"The Ragpicker is a genre-defying mashup of post-apocalyptic greatness ... comprised of one-part post-apocalyptic doomsday with an undertone of darkness for the average everyday horror fan; one-part science fiction with enough emotional edge that hardcore fans of Ursula K. LeGuin will love and adore--as well as a modern touch of traditional cyberpunk that tech-junkies will recognize and appreciate."-- Jon R. Myers, The Horror Zine