Nymph A Novel
Nymph A Novel by Stephanie LaCava, published by Verso Books on October 14, 2025, is a unique exploration of violence and love. This 192-page work presents the life of Bathory, a young woman with a diverse background as a model, sex worker, linguist, and assassin, a role that has been passed down through her family. Set against the backdrop of New York City, the narrative follows Bathory as she navigates her complex heritage while working at a card shop that serves as a front for an agency where she can utilize her inherited skills.
Readers will find a blend of domestic life, friendship, and romance woven into Bathory’s journey as she grapples with her family’s legacy and the dangers of emotional attachment. The story delves into her interactions with a cast of characters, including call girls and conflicted cops, as she seeks to carve out her own identity amidst the shadows of her past. Nymph examines the interplay between fate and family, raising questions about whether true satisfaction and salvation can be found in either.
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A thriller examining violence, through its subversion, and a singular love story
Not yet thirty, Bathory has assembled a peculiar résumé: model, sex worker, linguist, Latin scholar, and assassin. The last of these has been the family trade for generations. Growing up, Bathory, her mother, and her father made an isolated, strange, and loving — if very unusual — family unit. Her lonely childhood games mimicked spycraft and wet-work, while her parents watched and shared their arcane theories about love and death.
As a student in New York, her life changes on accepting a job at a dilapidated card shop in Manhattan. This is a front for an agency that allows her to put her inherited skills to use while pursuing romance in the city.
However, steering clear of attachment is as dangerous as anything else she does and means sidestepping a certain alluring figure from her father’s past. She is equally intent on dying young, a less difficult proposition given her heritage, the company she keeps — call girls, conflicted cops, trustfund hoodlums — and the people pursuing her.
Will Bathory escape both fate and family, or does satisfaction and salvation lie only in their embrace?
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