The Captive

A darkly comedic, cinematic horror about a revolutionary group who kidnap an heiress, only to discover shes pregnant with the antichrist, and shes about to give birth. From Ned Beauman, the Man Booker Prize longlisted author of The Teleportation Accident and Clarke Award winning author of Venomous Lumpsucker. Perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and Joe Hill. Underground revolutionary group, The Nail, and their newest member, Luke have kidnapped 23-year-old heiress Adeline Woolsaw, whose wealthy parents run the Woolsaw Group, a vast outsourcing company. They run everything from prisons and hospitals to military bases quietly suffocating the country with the help of powerful friends in government. The Nails plan: to use the kidnapping to draw attention to the Woolsaw Group and their terrible practices. But with Adeline bundled into their van, The Nail discover two things. The first is that shes just about to give birth. And the second is that this isnt a normal baby. In fact, it has devastating supernatural powers. Because the father of this baby wasnt a man, it was something else. Something that her parents make human sacrifices to on an altar in the basement of their Highgate mansion. And all this time the Woolsaw Group has been preparing the ground for the Woolsaws real aim: an infernal new kingdom that will rise with Adelines son sitting on its throne.