Song of the Tyrant Worm

New York City, 1990: The Gray Maiden has served the almighty Worm and his faithful for her entire life. Recently that has meant abducting women off the street to find the Worm’s destined Bride, but any brutality is worth his promise of a better world to come.

Until two strangers reveal a horrifying truth—there is no future anymore. No past. Unfathomable forces have broken all sense of the world, stranding Gray in a repeating nightmare, cut off from godly promises. Her only hope is to follow these strangers out of the catastrophe, first to safety, and then to answers.

But a sinister presence lurks beyond the universe’s skin, a cosmic hunger that has haunted Gray since before she knew its name.

Time breaks and starlight dies beneath uncompromising gods in the reality-shattering conclusion to The Worm and His Kings saga.

“Song of the Tyrant Worm is the mind-bending culmination of Piper’s epic cosmic horror trilogy, tying together a storyline that reveals its depths as she guides us once more to the Sunless Palace. With a gift for prose that brings beings beyond the stars to eye level, I gasped in the airlessness of frozen moments, a vista shining bright and timeless. The humanity, the empathy Piper manages to conjure with every phrase is nothing short of masterful. It’s no secret I’m a Piper fan for life, and this book illustrates exactly why: her words pierce beyond the universe, into the deepest heart of horror and humanity. Stunning.“

audiobook narrated by Allyson Voller

– Laurel Hightower, author of Crossroads and Below

“With a masterful balance of bleakness and hope, Hailey Piper’s stunning conclusion to her Worm trilogy makes you feel like the most insignificant speck in an endless string of worlds, and yet you matter. Song of the Tyrant Worm brims with imagination and god-sized ideas from one of the best voices currently writing horror and fantasy. An unforgettable story of friendship, sacrifice, love, and understanding that truly burns bright against the darkness.”

– Brennan LaFaro, author of Noose

“In Song of the Tyrant Worm, time and place are stretched by Piper’s limitless imagination. The hopelessness and terror of the universe of The Worm are only matched by her keen understanding of humanity and our need for connection. A conclusion to the trilogy as satisfying as it is surprising.”

– J.A.W. McCarthy, Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award finalist, author of Sleep Alone