Hell's Heart by Hall, Alexis

Gideon the Ninth meets Moby-Dick in USA Today bestselling author Alexis Hall's thrilling SF debut, Hell's Heart!

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They are monsters, legends, gods.

They are our prey.

Earth is dead. Which leaves us stuck living in atmospheric domes on planets that will kill us if we blink wrong, or run out of fuel. And by "fuel" I mean "the cerebrospinal fluid of gargantuan, quasi-psychic space monsters".

I joined the hunt hoping to get paid and maybe laid, but mostly paid. Instead, I followed a captain chasing abominations in the skies of Jupiter.

We battled the Möbius Beast itself, there in the red eye of the world.

Spoiler: we lost.

Author: Alexis Hall
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 03/10/2026
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.29w x 1.74d
ISBN: 9781250394958

Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2026
Booklist 01/01/2026
Publishers Weekly 01/19/2026
Library Journal 01/01/2026 pg. 41

About the Author
Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in their purse, and nothing particular to interest them on shore, Alexis Hall thought they would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. Unfortunately the boat they were in sank with all hands, and they were rescued only by a passing whaler. They have since become a novelist.