AustLit

'Ottilie Colter and her brother, Gully, have always fended for themselves. So when Gully goes missing one night, Ottilie sets out to find him – and soon makes a horrible discovery. Gully has been forcibly recruited by the Narroway Hunt, a secretive male-only organisation that hunts savage, blight-spreading monsters called ‘dredretches’. 

Disguising herself as a boy, Ottilie infiltrates the Hunt – but quickly realises that taking her brother home won't be easy. Trapped in the heart of the dredretch-infested Narroway, it's impossibly dangerous for them to leave. But as she trains to become a Huntsman alongside her brother, hoping for a chance to escape, how long can she keep her true identity a secret?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Ottilie Colter is the first girl ever to join the secretive, boys-only Narroway Hunt - and she’s determined that she won’t be the last.

'The Hunt trains children to kill ruthless monsters known as dredretches, but now it’s under threat. Dredretches have invaded Fort Fiory, and no-one is safe - especially not the girls who live there, but aren’t allowed to fight.

'Ottilie must convince the Hunt to train the girls - but with the dredretches getting worse, talk of witchcraft on the rise, and a mysterious hooded figure in the Narroways itself, her time is running out …'

Source: Publisher's blurb.