The Book of Malachi

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Malachi Dakwaa has survived civil war but he's now mute, after his tongue was cut out. Disengaged from his world, he's performing mind-numbing work in a factory when he gets an extraordinary job offer. In exchange for six months as a warden on a top-secret organ-farming project, Frasier Pharmaceuticals will graft a new tongue for him.

Far out to sea, Malachi finds himself among warlords and mass murderers like the kind who ruined him. But are the prisoners as evil as Frasier says Do they deserve their fate

As doubt starts to grow, Malachi's own memories rise until he is faced with a terrible choice. Should he remain silent and let the prisoners suffer, or risk his life to set them free

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"Thought-provoking and disturbing...This striking horror novel is not for the faint of heart." - Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

T.C. Farren is a novelist, prize-winning screenwriter and former journalist from South Africa. Her first novel, Whiplash, was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize and was adapted into the feature film, Tess.