The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts: A Novel by Kim Fu (Paperback) (PREORDER)

Fiction - Dystopian - Literary - Magical Realism

RELEASE DATE: 3/3/2026 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER'S WAREHOUSE)

From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century comes The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts—an eerie, spellbinding novel of grief and guilt, with a razor-sharp eye for the absurdity and melancholy of the internet age.

In the aftermath of her mother's death, Eleanor is unmoored. For years, her mother orchestrated every detail of her life—from meals, to laundry, to finances—so that Eleanor could focus on her career as a therapist. Left to navigate the world on her own, Eleanor clings to her mother’s final directive: use her inheritance to buy a house.

Desperate to obey her mother one last time, but finding few options she can afford, Eleanor impulsively buys a model home in a valley-turned-construction site, a picturesque development steeped in a shadowy history. It feels like a fresh start, until the rain comes—an endless, torrential downpour. As water seeps in through the house’s cracks, the line between what is real and what is not begins to blur. Haunted by the stories of her clients, a stream of workmen and bureaucrats she can’t trust, and visions of ghosts from her past and present, Eleanor’s reality unravels, and she is forced to reckon with the secrets she’s buried and the desperate choices she’s made.

AUTHOR BIO: 

Kim Fu is the author of two novels, a collection of poetry, and most recently, the story collection Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, winner of the Washington State Book Award, the Pacific Northwest Book Award, and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, as well as a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Ignyte Awards, and the Shirley Jackson Awards. Fu lives in Seattle, Washington.

Review Quotes:
"A story addictive enough to devour in one sitting, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts introduces a world in which quotidian fears bloom luridly into nightmare. Through Eleanor's eyes, twenty-first century terrors are considered in all their varied forms: technological interference, the violence of loneliness, and worst, the kinds of natural and psychological damage we've brought upon ourselves. I looked up from this book and saw everything around me in higher definition." --Lucy Tan, author of What We Were Promised and Tiger's Mouth

"I was utterly enthralled by Kim Fu's The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts, a brilliantly written tale of grief, loneliness, and the horrors of real estate. Images from this novel will probably haunt me forever. A bold and searing work by a writer working at the top of their game." --Kate Folk, author of Sky Daddy

"Gorgeous and profoundly moving, Kim Fu's The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts lays bare the lonely abyss of grief and all of its disorienting contours. Just when I thought I would drown, she brought me to the surface, gasping for air. An extraordinary and unforgettable novel." --Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of What We Fed to the Manticore

"This book has all the weirdness, madness, and surreal beauty we've come to expect of Kim Fu's work. Part psychological horror, part existential philosophy, and a whole lot of ghosts--a chilling and pitch perfect experience, I read it in one feverish dream." --Susie Yang, author of White Ivy