Burning Palms: The Novelization

In Burning Palms, five interlocking stories unfold across the sun-bleached sprawl of the city, each one probing a different taboo, each one drifting deeper into moral freefall. A father's bond with his precocious daughter curdles into something problematic.A woman's romantic devotion is dismantled by a single request in the bedroom.A privileged couple imports a human life as casually as a fashion accessory.A group of unsupervised boys invents games no one should play.A lonely woman confronts her attacker, and asks for something unthinkable. Adapted by acclaimed transgressive horror author Jess Hagemann (Headcheese, Mother-Eating), this official novelization captures the acerbic satire of the original film, balancing its darkest moments with an uncomfortable familiarity.With the creative input of writer/director Christopher Landon (Disturbia, Paranormal Activity 2, Happy Death Day), the story expands into unflinching territory, charting the psychological devastation of lives ruled by appetite, and impulse.