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Adam, Mine. by K. Ancrum (Pre-Order)

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From acclaimed author K. Ancrum, on the National Book Award longlist for The Corruption of Hollis Brown, and Lambda Literary Award winner for Icarus, comes a queer romantic horror thriller that is a love letter to Frankenstein about the consequences of our decisions, the legacy of family, and the depths we’ll go to be forgiven.

Victor Frankenstein is a young, wealthy, and brilliant prodigy who wants nothing more than to prove himself and change the world. His plan to right what he feels is wrong with the world? Reanimation of the sick and dying, bringing them back to life. But no one will give him the chance to prove his genius. However, one drunken night a bet is made, one that will cause Victor to do the unspeakable: take a teen boy from a small, neighboring village, and experiment on him under the dark of night. Elias Hilfiker. The boy who would become his monster. His curse. When Elias awakens, his voice is gone, his skin is stitched, scarred, and branded with strange symbols, and he’s abandoned by his loved ones. Meanwhile, Victor embarks on a journey to discover how to reverse the horror he’s unleashed, visiting dark alchemists in lands far and wide, gripped by fear and guilt.

But Victor’s act of resurrection creates a tether to Elias, leaving them feeling each other’s pain, joy, and regret, as the two each seek a way to end the other. As the two bound boys continue to search for answers and forgiveness, vengeance and mercy, the boundaries between what makes a man and what makes a monster will only get more blurred.

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Editorial Reviews

Gr 8 Up—Victor Frankenstein, a wealthy young doctor's son, feels a desperate need to prove himself to his university classmates with their last assignment. In his basement lab, he performs grisly and horrific experiments in his quest to master the alchemy of reversing death. When things inevitably go awry with Victor's ill-advised attempts to "save" Elias, a beautiful boy dying of diabetes, Victor begins to recognize the monstrosity and irreversibility of his actions and sets off in search of alchemists across Europe who may hold some key to undoing the damage, with Elias in pursuit. A series of hard lessons learned from each end of the equation draws Victor and Elias closer together in unexpected and perhaps unseverable ways, as they reckon with the consequences of being men and monsters. The familiar frame story, Gothic darkness, and deeply thoughtful and left-unanswered questions about the line between human and inhumane, between justice and injustice, do great homage to the source material, while the authentic teenage yearning and deep sensory experiences feel like pure Ancrum. As one alchemist tells Elias, "All wisdom untimely requires payment in despair," and there is wisdom and despair to spare, here, but also tenderness, compassion, and understanding of the sometimes-hideous process of growth through mistakes. Characters cue white. VERDICT Ripe with poetic metaphors and threaded through with sweetness; a bruising and beautiful reimagining. Hand to this to fans of Jenny Lee's Anna K or Marissa Meyer's Gilded. —School Library Journal (starred review)

Both brutal and tender, this raw tale surges with palpable emotion. It’s a weighty, unflinching examination of personhood. - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The novel offers...a consistent focus on the two teens’ humanity in all its messiness, mistakes, beauty, and staggering fragility... Ancrum has struck a balance between an adaptation that is both respectfully faithful and entirely her own. - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

A deeply complex work that both shines on its own and offers a worthy, respectful bow to the storied classic. - Booklist (starred review)

About the Author

K. Ancrum, author of 'The Wicker King' grew up in Chicago Illinois. She attended Dominican University to study Fashion Merchandizing, but was lured into getting an English degree after spending too many nights experimenting with hard literary criticism and hanging out with unsavory types, like poetry students. Currently, she lives in Andersonville and writes books at work when no one is looking.

Product Details

Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Date: September 8, 2026

Language: English

Print Length: 384 pages

ISBN-13: 978-0063449022

Item Weight: 1 pounds

Reading Age: 13 years and up

Dimensions:‎ 5.7 x 1.1 x 8.2 inches

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