Sleeping Beasts reveals its cover for Sophia Zhao’s 2027 horror debut

Orbit has revealed the cover for Sleeping Beasts, Sophia Zhao’s debut horror novel, due in August 2027. Alex Eckman-Lawn illustrates the cover, with design by Lisa Marie Pompilio. The publisher introduces the novel as a story about class, cultural ownership and hidden danger in a wealthy family’s home.

Orbit has revealed the cover for Sleeping Beasts, Sophia Zhao’s debut horror novel, due in August 2027. Alex Eckman-Lawn illustrates the cover, with design by Lisa Marie Pompilio. The publisher introduces the novel as a story about class, cultural ownership and hidden danger in a wealthy family’s home. The novel

follows Nicky, a Chinese American con artist who takes a live-in tutoring job with a wealthy white family despite not speaking the Mandarin they expect her to teach. Their collection of Chinese art tempts her toward theft, while the house and its owners conceal threats of their own. The publisher connects the story

with Chinese folklore, colonial violence and questions of cultural ownership. The cover reveal supplies a publication month, without announcing an exact release day. Official source. Image credit: Cover illustration by Alex Eckman-Lawn; design by Lisa Marie Pompilio / Orbit.

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