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River of Teeth Series

Dive into an alternate late 19th-century history where a misguided U.S. government plan to import hippopotamuses into Louisiana's wetlands spirals out of control. This series follows a crew of rugged adventurers navigating a world overrun by feral beasts and driven by personal vendettas. Experience thrilling clashes and uncover tales of fortune and revenge in this unique, wild setting.

Taste of Marrow
American Hippo
River of Teeth

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    River of Teeth

    • 176 pages
    • 7 hours of reading
    3.6(837)Add rating

    A Finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella Sarah Gailey's wildfire debut River of Teeth is a rollicking alternate history adventure that Charlie Jane Anders calls "preposterously fun." In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true. Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two. This was a terrible plan. Contained within this volume is an 1890s America that might have been: a bayou overrun by feral hippos and mercenary hippo wranglers from around the globe. It is the story of Winslow Houndstooth and his crew. It is the story of their fortunes. It is the story of his revenge.

    River of Teeth
  2. 2

    Taste of Marrow

    • 192 pages
    • 7 hours of reading
    3.8(201)Add rating

    Campbell finalist Sarah Gailey's hippo mayhem continues in Taste of Marrow, the sequel to rollicking adventure River of Teeth. A few months ago, Winslow Houndstooth put together the damnedest crew of outlaws, assassins, cons, and saboteurs on either side of the Harriet for a history-changing caper. Together they conspired to blow the dam that choked the Mississippi and funnel the hordes of feral hippos contained within downriver, to finally give America back its greatest waterway. Songs are sung of their exploits, many with a haunting refrain: "And not a soul escaped alive." In the aftermath of the Harriet catastrophe, that crew has scattered to the winds. Some hunt the missing lovers they refuse to believe have died. Others band together to protect a precious infant and a peaceful future. All of them struggle with who they've become after a long life of theft, murder, deception, and general disinterest in the strictures of the law.

    Taste of Marrow

  • American Hippo

    • 304 pages
    • 11 hours of reading

    Experience hippo mayhem with this omnibus volume containing Sarah Gailey's raucous novellas River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow for fans of alternate history and weird westerns

    American Hippo