It Devours!: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel

Joseph Fink · Jeffrey Cranor

Oct 2017 · HarperAudio · Narrated by Cecil Baldwin

About this audiobook

From the authors of the New York Times bestselling novel Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a mystery exploring the intersections of faith and science, the growing relationship between two young people who want desperately to trust each other, and the terrifying, toothy power of the Smiling God.

Nilanjana Sikdar is an outsider to the town of Night Vale. Working for Carlos, the town’s top scientist, she relies on fact and logic as her guiding principles. But all of that is put into question when Carlos gives her a special assignment investigating a mysterious rumbling in the desert wasteland outside of town. This investigation leads her to the Joyous Congregation of the Smiling God, and to Darryl, one of its most committed members. Caught between her beliefs in the ultimate power of science and her growing attraction to Darryl, she begins to suspect the Congregation is planning a ritual that could threaten the lives of everyone in town. Nilanjana and Darryl must search for common ground between their very different world views as they are faced with the Congregation’s darkest and most terrible secret.

Ratings and reviews

I had high expectations going into this because of how much I enjoy the podcast and how much I liked the WTNV novel but holy glow cloud, this was so good. It definitely exceeded my expectations and I just absolutely fell in love with Nilanjana's character.

I purchased the hardcover first (which is GORGEOUS, by the way), but it just wasn't the same without the voice of Night Vale. I was worried that I'd be a little lost since I wasn't up to date on the podcast episodes, but this works surprisingly well as a stand alone story. I love how the authors jump from absurd dark humor to surreal horror to heartfelt emotion, all while making each of these drastically different tones fit in the same world. I also recommend the audiobooks "The Faceless Old Woman[...]" and "Alice Isn't Dead."

A surprising journey through the process of seeing that knowing what to expect takes all the fun out of the moment. As always, beautiful story from two excellent authors.

About the author

Joseph Fink is the creator of the Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn't Dead podcasts, and the New York Times bestselling author of Welcome to Night Vale, It Devours!, and The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home (all written with Jeffrey Cranor), and Alice Isn’t Dead. He is also the author of the middle-grade novel, The Halloween Moon. He and his wife, Meg Bashwiner, have written the memoir The First Ten Years. They live together in the Hudson River Valley.

Jeffrey Cranor cowrites the Welcome to Night Vale and Within the Wires podcasts. He also cocreates theater and dance pieces with choreographer/wife Jillian Sweeney. They live in New York.

Cecil Baldwin is the narrator of the Welcome To Night Vale podcast and has been featured on podcasts such as Ask Me Another, Selected Shorts, Shipwreck, Big Data and Our Fair City. He lives in New York.