← Back to search
Cover of Heroes & Villains

Heroes & Villains

Angela Carter (1969)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.52

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageModerate

Hero archetypes

BarbarianOutlaw

Heroine archetypes

CaptiveFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant Hero

Synopsis

After the apocalypse the world is neatly divided. Rational civilization rests with the Professors in their steel and concrete villages; marauding tribes of Barbarians roam the surrounding jungles; mutilated Out People inhabit the burnt scars of cities. But Marianne, a Professor's daughter, is carried away into the jungle--a grotesque vegetable paradise--where she will become the captive bride of Jewel, the proud and beautiful Barbarian. There she will witness the savage rituals of the snake worshippers, indulge her voluptuous, virginal fantasies, taste the forbidden fruit of chaos... Erotic, exotic, and bizarre, HEROES AND VILLAINS is a post-apocalyptic romance, a gripping adventure story, a colourful embroidery of religion and magic and, not least, a dispassionate vision of life beyond our brave nuclear world.

Tags

Post-ApocalypticDark RomanceLiterary FantasySpeculative FictionDystopian