Pearl (preorder)

(preorder—to be published in early 2025)

Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin.

Published SST Publications.

Note: Only customers who bought Black Mad Wheel from us and received an email notification may preorder Pearl at this time.

“Daring readers should find this tale of a malevolent telepathic pig to be a memorable experience.”—Booklist (starred review)

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

There’s something strange about Walter Kopple’s farm. At first it seems to be his grandson, who cruelly murders one of Walter’s pigs in an act of seemingly senseless violence. But then people in town begin to whisper that Walter’s grandson heard a voice commanding him to kill.

And that the voice belongs to a most peculiar creature: the pig named Pearl.

Walter is not sure what to believe. He knows he’s always been afraid of the strangely malevolent Pearl. But as madness and paranoia grip the town and the townspeople descend on Walter’s farm with violent wrath, they begin to discover that true evil wears a human face.

Signed Limited Hardcover Edition:

• Limited to only 500 signed and hand-numbered copies
• Personally signed by Josh Malerman and Ben Baldwin on a specially designed full-colour illustrated signature page
• Larger 6.14” x 9.21” trim size
• Printed on a heavier 100gsm acid-free paper
• Bound in premium cloth with coloured head and tail bands
• Featuring six interior illustrations including two printed in full colour on a special silk art stock & hand-tipped into the book
• Two colour foil stamping on the front boards and spine
• Offset printed and bound with full-colour endpapers
• Sewn binding for increased durability
• Ribbon page marker
• Dust jacket artwork and interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin