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“Toronto author David Nickle’s debut novel, the followup to his brilliantly wicked collection of horror stories Monstrous Affections, establishes him as a worthy heir to the mantle of Stephen King.”

— Alex Good, The National Post

“Nickle’s bleak debut novel mixes utopian vision, rustic Americana, and pure creepiness.”

— Publishers Weekly

“A dark, complicated and frequently harrowing read… Eutopia is a compelling exploration of the horror of good intentions.”

— Locus Magazine

“[A]n Excellent Novel.”

— Ellen Datlow’s Best of 2011

“[Eutopia] is immensely readable: a quick-paced mountain stream of a novel, cool and sharp and intense, and terrifically adept at drawing a reader in… Eutopia accomplishes what the best horror fiction strives for: gives us characters we can care about and hope for, and then inflicts on them the kind of realistic, inescapable, logical sufferings that make us close our eyes a little at the unfairness of not the author, but the world — and all the while with something more to say for itself than the world is a very bad place. Thoughtful, accomplished, and recommended.”

— Leah Bobet, Ideomancer

“…Eutopia is the kind of book I’d recommend to literary snobs who badmouth the horror genre while completely ignoring the multitudes of splendid books on the shelves. Nickle comes from a different cut of cloth than a lot of current horror authors. He’s created a unique world that’s a far cry from any of the current trends in horror fiction. In fact, his style seems generations removed from all the apocalyptic zombie and vampire novels on the market. Thankfully, he understands that the most important ingredients are strong characters, originality, and a compelling story. That his novel is also dark, frightening, and beautifully written is just icing on the cake.”

— Chris Hallock, All Things Horror