In The Fox Hunt at England’s most ancient university, behind closed doors, a circle of privileged students perform a dark pagan ritual of tantalizing power, at a terrible price.
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About The Fox Hunt
When practical, unassuming second-year student Emma Curran wins an exciting research fellowship, she is ushered into the glittering debauchery of the University elite. There, she falls for the devastating, aristocratic Jasper Balfour, leader of the all-male Turnbull Club: a shadowy secret society that has created centuries of Britain’s leaders, power brokers and history-makers.
One night, the Turnbulls propose a sinister little game: a fox hunt. The women run. The men chase. And Emma finds herself fleeing for her life through the streets, hunted by the boy she loves.
Torn from her ordinary life and trapped in a dangerous, otherworldly realm, Emma awakens transformed. No longer mortal, she’s become something beastly. And now she must summon every ounce of cunning and ferocity to save herself.
Praise for The Fox Hunt
“The Fox Hunt feels like running full-tilt through a nighttime forest. It winningly combines the darkness of old fairy tales with the glittering pleasures of secret societies, and is full of delights both anticipated and subversive. I thoroughly enjoyed it.”—Emma Törzs, author of Ink Blood Sister Scribe
“Bury me with this book. Caitlin Breeze’s The Fox Hunt is a stunning debut that left me enthralled and reeling. Breeze’s grasp of prose and atmosphere is unparalleled.”—Victoria Lee, author of A Lesson in Vengeance
“Unsettling and lovely, fierce and strange, The Fox Hunt is a tale of transformation, power, and the secret worlds that lurk just out of sight of our own. A magical debut.”—H.G. Parry, author of The Magician’s Daughter
“Smart, propulsive, multi-layered, this deftly crafted fantasy thriller immerses readers in a narrative that recalls the wonder—and horror—of Grimms’ fairy tales in a darkly elegant academic setting. . . [The Fox Hunt is] . . . An absorbing novel that weaves an unforgettable tale of magic and subversion.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
[The Fox Hunt is] “A propulsive, dark academia, coming-of-age fantasy about privilege and male power, and a battle cry to young women everywhere.”—The Bookseller
About Caitlin Breeze, Author of The Fox Hunt
Caitlin Breeze lives in London, in a tiny house full of books. After a BA in Classics & Modern Languages from the University of Cambridge – and a Creative MA from Falmouth University in Cornwall, her favorite corner of the world – she currently works as a creative director. The Fox Hunt is her first novel, and was shortlisted for The Cheshire Novel Prize.
You can connect with Caitlin Breeze at the Cheshire Novel Prize, and on Instagram.
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Publisher: Little, Brown and Company | Hachette Book Group
ISBN Paperback 9780316597388
Pub Date Feb 24, 2026
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