This inclusivity allows the novel to maturely explore themes of self-discovery and self acceptance alongside the more thriller-appropriate fight to survive. Every character is portrayed as powerful, regardless of their race, gender, or sexuality. This is a delightful change of pace as queer characters are often demonized, stereotyped, brushed off, or created as diversifying afterthoughts, especially in horror. He is rescued by the Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, but running proves futile, as Benji has already been infected by a mutated strain of the virus called “Seraph” that was designed to create the cataclysm for the Angels’ cause.Īs readers follow Benji through Acheson, they find that almost every character in Hell Followed With Us is confirmed to be queer. Benji, the gay, transgender son of the cult’s matriarch, attempts to flee from the nightmare in which he was raised. In a post-apocalyptic future, a religious eco-terrorist group self-titled the ‘Angels’ has bio-engineered a deadly virus called the ‘Flood’ that has killed most of humanity. Now a New York Times Bestselling novel, it was published on June 7th by the Peachtree Teen organization.įollowing the teenage protagonist, Benjamin Woodside, or “Benji,” Hell Followed With Us creates a brutal new world within fictional Acheson, Pennsylvania. Brimming with bloody cities and justified teenage fury, the new novel Hell Followed With Us, by Andrew Joseph White, was released over the summer.
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