The Red Winter
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Cameron Sullivan's The Red Winter is a debut historical fantasy that reimagines the nineteenth-century legend of the Beast of Gévaudan through the memoirs of Sebastian Grave, a centuries‑old monster hunter.
The novel blends lush period detail, grounded magic, and visceral horror as Sebastian becomes entangled with a young aristocrat, Antoine, during violent years before the French Revolution.
Sullivan explores themes of longing, regret, class tension, and the continuity of religion and myth across history, while balancing gore with humor and queer intimacy.
The narrative uses multiple time frames and footnotes to create a modern narrator voice reflecting on centuries of experience and trauma.
Rooted in research but careful not to alter known history, the book treats folklore and the supernatural as layered alongside political and social change.
The novel blends lush period detail, grounded magic, and visceral horror as Sebastian becomes entangled with a young aristocrat, Antoine, during violent years before the French Revolution.
Sullivan explores themes of longing, regret, class tension, and the continuity of religion and myth across history, while balancing gore with humor and queer intimacy.
The narrative uses multiple time frames and footnotes to create a modern narrator voice reflecting on centuries of experience and trauma.
Rooted in research but careful not to alter known history, the book treats folklore and the supernatural as layered alongside political and social change.
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Cameron Sullivan, "The Red Winter" (Tor Books, 2026)
