The Dorians

by Nick Cutter

On a remote island in the Canadian wilderness, five elderly volunteers from different walks of life are given a tantalizing offer: to stall their biological clocks or even reverse them, restoring their lost youth. The chance to put death on pause—forever, perhaps. The remarkable secret lies in the high-tech harnessing of an ancient and extraordinary biological agent…one with no conscience, yet possessed with a single-minded purpose that has helped it persist for eons: the will to survive. The dark heart of unbridled human ambition finds its apex in an unholy experiment that now tests the limits of both creator and subject, eclipsing all bounds of morality and sanity….

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Adult

400 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication May 19, 2026

About the author

Hello Everybody!

I figured this bio was looking a little cobwebby, so here to update it a bit (Sept 2025). What's changed in the decade since I wrote my initial bio? Mmmm, not a lot. I still enjoy bubblebaths, strong coffee and passionate conversations, moonlit walks on the beach, eldritch horrors and biological horrors run amuck.

Oh, and I have a new book: The Queen!

The following years should see the arrival of The Dorians (2026?), The Coffin Worms and other Grotesques (2027?), The Invaders (2028?) Gravenhurst (etc), and republications of The Acolyte and The Breach ... after which I will likely devolve into a puddle of sentient goo (2030 - RIP).

I've been politely requested to be on Twitter again. I may pollinate to other social media locales in the coming months and years, but for now I can be found malingering around at:

@ItsNickCutter

Yrs,
Nick Cutter
(but not really)

Reviews

[Dr. Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, comes out on my birthday and I am a total fangirl. So gonna give you the 5 star out the gate.

[LambchoP]

This sounds amazing, can't wait to get my hands on it. I'm not quite sold on Nick Cutter yet. I LOVED The Troop, disliked the Deep and dnf'd Little Heaven. This new book sounds right up my alley and I'm excited to read it!