PRE-ORDER -- OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DATE SEPTEMBER 9, 2025

Chosen by Nicole Sealey as the winner of the 2025 APR/Honickman First Book Prize, Bloodmercy reimagines Cain and Abel as they navigate the dense geography of girlhood into young womanhood to explore violence, love, sex, faith, and man’s dominion over the earth. Blurring the space between the Old Testament and the modern world, the girls gaze heavenward with their enduring questions to God. Lush with tender imagination, Bloodmercy marks a debut to watch.