Bold, queer, and utterly thrilling, Hell's Heart is a speculative retelling of Moby Dick from bestselling author Alexis Hall, following a narrator as one of the few scattered remnants of humanity remaining.

Earth is in ruins, and what’s left of humanity drifts among the stars—scraping out survival under the rule of corporations, collectives, and faiths clinging to the bones of a fallen world. Life now depends on spermaceti, a volatile substance drawn from the minds of vast Leviathans that drift through Jupiter’s storm-wracked skies.

Broke and aimless, the main character ("I") takes a position aboard the hunter-barque Pequod, chasing those monstrous riches. But the ship’s captain—brilliant, magnetic, and fanatical—pulls her into an orbit she can’t escape. As the hunt drives them deeper into Jupiter’s churning atmosphere, reality blurs, loyalties shift, and the legendary beast waits for them.

Features for this OwlCrate Edition:

• Signed by Alexis Hall
• Exclusive redesigned dust jacket designed by @shannonwildsmith
• Reversible dust jacket designed by @rhadso
• Printed hardcover case designed by @heyatlascreative
• End pages designed by @panjooolart
• Stenciled edges designed by @heyatlascreative
• Author signature page designed by @stubbornpagemage
• Author letter bound into the book
• Bonus content bound into the book
• Ribbon bookmark
• Book size: 5 ⅜” x 8 ¼”

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Featured in the February 2026 'To the Bitter End' OwlCrate Quarterly Sci-Fi box.

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