Graft, Madeleine Marie-Rose

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Graft

by Madeleine Marie-Rose
Paperback

Ella has always lived in a body the world doesn’t quite know what to do with.

At twenty, she’s learned to navigate life as an autistic woman with careful routines, hard-won coping skills, and a strange biological “gift” that makes those challenges even more complicated. Her body can change itself in moments of stress, sprouting claws and swelling muscles in ways that are powerful, dangerous, and impossible to hide for long.

When Earth is suddenly invaded by monsters made from the flesh of the creatures they consume, Ella discovers that her problems are part of something much larger. Separated from her family during the chaos, she’s thrown onto an alien world locked in a centuries-long war against the same horrors now threatening Earth. Entire interconnected worlds hang in the balance, and Earth may be next.

Stranded, overwhelmed, and facing creatures that embody everything she fears about her own body, Ella must learn whether what she’s always seen as a curse can become a weapon. Along the way, she finds unexpected allies, new cultures, unfamiliar foods, and moments of resilience, humor, and joy she never anticipated.

Graft is the first book in an inventive science fiction series blending body horror, queer identity, and neurodivergent joy. Featuring gay “angels,” biochemistry-inspired transformations, and a sharp, compassionate voice, this is genre fiction that celebrates difference as survival.