American Rapture, CJ Leede
American Rapture, CJ Leede
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American Rapture

Author: CJ Leede

Narrator: Moniqua Plante

Unabridged: 14 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/15/2024

Synopsis

"Blood-soaked, heart-wrenching, grim and glorious.”—Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep

From CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly, comes a scorching new apocalyptic novel. American Gods meets The Last of Us in this epic and sweeping story about the end of the world as we know it.

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust.

Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin…

The end times are coming.

Also by CJ Leede:
Maeve Fly

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

About CJ Leede

CJ LEEDE is a horror writer, hiker, and Trekkie. She is the author of Maeve Fly and American Rapture. Her debut novel Maeve Fly won the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award and Splatterpunk Award, and earned a Bram Stoker Award nomination. When she is not driving around the country, CJ can be found in LA with her boyfriend and rescue dogs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kaitlyn on March 04, 2025

America is burning. A virus has mutated, and after the initial flu-like symptoms, the infected enter a lust-fueled psychosis. The resulting violence is indiscriminate, creating an apocalyptic hellscape where rape, mutilation, and murder are omnipresent, just like Jesus and germs. Sophie is on a devo......more

Goodreads review by Jan on June 03, 2024

im so sad this wasn't for me because maeve fly was my #2 of 2023. im not a fan of choppy fragmented writing styles that just set the scene & tell me things instead of showing me. also HUGE TW for the most horrific dog death ive ever read. I trudged through 60% of this, but the author's note at the end......more

Goodreads review by Jess on May 22, 2024

Thanks to NetGalley and Tor Nightfire for an ARC. Wow wow wow. I had no idea what to expect. I didn’t read the author’s previous work (but now I will). This was incredible. Sixteen year old Sophie is coming of age during a virus outbreak. She’s been sheltered her entire life, raised Catholic in a sm......more

Goodreads review by Sydney Books on March 29, 2025

3.5* I enjoyed this but I felt like there was something missing for me. Could definitely just be a me thing, but it still had great moments. Maeve Fly was more my jam but I’d still recommend this one. (It also has a pretty brutal dog death, so TW for that)......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on October 24, 2024

4.0 Stars Video Review [URL not allowed] After loving Maeve Fly by the same author, I was eager to read a full length novel by the same author. Thankfully this did not disappoint. I can be hit or miss with post apocalyptic so I was unsure how'd I'd get along with this plot. The lust plague s......more

Quotes

“Leede masterfully eases readers into a taut horror plot in her standout sophomore outing...plenty of page-turning suspense, and this proves hard to put down.”
—Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

“A bold, fiercely sharp, and deeply unsettling reimagining of the zombie apocalypse genre, which Leede crafts with equal parts anger and unwavering empathy.”
—Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus

“A riveting, sprawling, staggeringly brilliant novel about the horrors of shame and repression and sexual violence and moral panics. American Rapture is a riotous scream and an emotional ode to anyone who has ever hidden their true self under their mattress. Blood-soaked, heart-wrenching, grim and glorious. Leede is a singular talent.”
—Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of Black Sheep

“Leede combines an end-of-the-world story with a new twist on zombies. Those who loved Leede’s style in her debut, Maeve Fly, will enjoy this grimly complicated story.”
—Library Journal

“A blistering, feverish ride through a uniquely American apocalypse. Leede crafts a deeply compelling descent through an unraveling heartland. Sure to rattle the cages of our Puritanical nightmare country.”
—Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents

"With a heart as innocent as that of its heroine, American Rapture is a brave book, a daring book, and most of all, a timely book. It's terrifying because it's true. Kudos to CJ Leede."
—Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor

"In Leede's wholly possible American Armageddon, closed minds, cheese curds, and right-wing radio threaten to burn the whole shining city upon a hill to the ground. Cinematic, visceral, reflective, and palpable, American Rapture keeps you staying up late, hand on page ready to turn before you’re done with the one you’re on, and thinking about it for days on end when you finish. Bravo."
—Ted Van Alst, co-editor of national bestseller Never Whistle at Night

“American Rapture has its finger on the bloody, fevered pulse, fearlessly addressing notions of love, sex, faith, redemption, individuality. You won’t read anything else like it.”
—Keith Rosson, author of Fever House

"A masterful, apocalyptic fever dream. Leede has the singular ability to make your skin crawl while you're bawling your eyes out. Americana horror at its finest."
—Liz Kerin, author of Night's Edge

“Forget the zombies you know! Leede’s American Rapture is a brutally fresh take on the apocalypse genre. Leede blends heart and horror, taking readers on an utterly bonkers and horrific ride. Buckle up.”
—Jimmy Juliano, author of Dead Eleven

Praise for Maeve Fly

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award • Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novel • A Bram Stoker Award Nominee • One of Esquire's Best Horror Books of 2023 • An Indie Next Pick!

Awards

  • CPL: Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
  • Esquire Magazine Best Books of the Year
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