The Philistines Be Upon Thee

From Malki Press comes the first book in the Badwater trilogy.

When her village is consumed by the advance of industrialisation and her folk are cleared from their homes, a young girl defies her position and sets out to return her older brother.

Accompanied by a blue-skinned man, familiar with violence, the pair traverse an indifferent and harsh landscape, attempting to reclaim her kin, a part of his soul, and some semblance of peace. A task seemingly impossible as their oneiric odyssey through suffering, cruelty and the fabric of time distorts all they know.

A Badwater story.

"Toman is a master manipulator. His ability to have the reader giggling at his vivid grotesquery, then reeling in horror in the turn of a page is second-to-none. I loved this book, and now I fear for my psychological health. A powerful, deliciously bleak dive into the dark heart of man."
- Euan McBride, author of A GIRL IN A POOL.