book cover of Burning Palms
 

Burning Palms

(2026)
A novel by

 
 
In Burning Palms, five interlocking stories unfold across the sun-bleached sprawl of the city, each one probing a different taboo, each one drifting deeper into moral freefall.

A father's bond with his precocious daughter curdles into something problematic.
A woman's romantic devotion is dismantled by a single request in the bedroom.
A privileged couple imports a human life as casually as a fashion accessory.
A group of unsupervised boys invents games no one should play.
A lonely woman confronts her attacker, and asks for something unthinkable.

Adapted by acclaimed transgressive horror author Jess Hagemann (
Headcheese, Mother-Eating), this official novelization captures the acerbic satire of the original film, balancing its darkest moments with an uncomfortable familiarity.
With the creative input of writer/director Christopher Landon (
Disturbia, Paranormal Activity 2, Happy Death Day), the story expands into unflinching territory, charting the psychological devastation of lives ruled by appetite, and impulse.


Genre: Horror

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