The Devoured Saga

The Devoured Saga

All the Devoured stories are designed to be read independently, in any order.

An initial writing project begun in 2013 culminated in the publication of Dévorés in 2018 by L’Interligne (a finalist for the AAOF Emerging Talent Award), followed by Métamorphoses in 2020 by the same publisher (a finalist for the Trillium Book Award). The third title in the saga, Parasites, is currently in development; an excerpt was published in Solaris 234 in 2025.

Dévorés (bestseller)

Release year: 2018
#sciencefiction #urbanfantasy #montreal #thriller #horror #postapocalyptic
The world’s food supplies and crops are ravaged by a new species of insect that operates until almost nothing is left to eat. Then, it turns to a new prey: humankind. It is Hell on Earth, nothing but misery, chaos, and desolation for the survivors. Can Jack and his roommates survive in the rubble of Montreal? (French only)

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The Dévorés Comicbook Pilot

Release year: 2021
Illustrations: Hicham Absa

Métamorphoses

Release year: 2020
#sciencefiction #urbanfantasy #canlit #thriller #horror #postapocalyptic
Nearly a year has passed since the end of the world as we knew it. Jack follows the Saint-Lawrence River from Montreal towards Kingston to reach Main Duck Island, where his family has taken refuge. Many perils await him along the way, such as a bloodthirsty creature lurking around a community living under a dome. Can Jack defeat the beast? (French only)

Parasites

Release date: not yet announced
Twenty years after a biotech mogul unleashed a global invasion of genetically modified wasps to “reset” humanity and preserve an elite, Quebec and Ontario are now nothing more than an archipelago of entrenched strongholds. Swarms dominate the daytime, harvesting human blood to feed a vampiric fungus that transforms it into hemomectar (the energy-rich substance that serves as the wasps’ vital fuel), and reproduce through larvae implanted in prisoners.

In Montreal, Toronto, and the Thousand Islands, survivors organize themselves, while Jack tries to reach his family, who have taken refuge on an island in Lake Ontario. When a researcher discovers that small parasitic worms can weaken the wasps, hope for a reversal emerges… but the intervention unleashes hungry hosts who, by consuming the hemomectar, become cannibalistic symbiotes. The war against insects then turns into a conflict between humans and symbiotes.

Studio CEF acknowledges the support from the Canada Council for the Arts.