“In We Don’t Call Them Cages, Dumas swings for the proverbial and literal fences in a novel bursting with carnage—both human and animal—and bristling with high-wire tension. This is a novel that’s unabashedly here to challenge themes of animal cruelty and incarceration, both on the page and in the real world. While not for the lighthearted, Cages is nevertheless a dynamic, blood-soaked, bullet-ridden thrill ride that blends the most brutal terrors of Jurassic Park with poignant, deeply-explored topics of social media influence, parental grief, rogue activism, and capitalistic conservationism. Stand back when reading, because this book shakes the bars and roars.”
—Philip Fracassi, USA Today bestselling author of Sarafina and Boys in the Valley

"The author of Nothing Tastes as Good dares to look at our fraught relationship with zoos from every possible angle in this propulsive, original story. Laced with with Dumas' signature humor, pathos and terror, We Don't Call Them Cages will break your heart even as it chills your blood, asking in ever new ways, who is the animal here?"
 —Erica Ferencik, author of The Blooming and The River at Night

"A barn burner of a thrill ride featuring the Jurassic Park in your own neighborhood. Dumas’s novel about the zoo industry absolutely rings with authenticity. You will devour We Don't Call Them Cages whole, bones and all."
—Alma Katsu, author of Incarnate

Praise for Nothing Tastes as Good

"Nothing Tastes as Good is both a riveting novel and a commentary on our society's view of obesity, painting a poignant picture of Emmett's struggles as a fat person." —Booklist

"Gory, a touch campy, and superbly well timed for the current cultural moment." —Kirkus Reviews

"Luke Dumas takes aim at culture's fitness and image obsession, one that demonizes whoever isn't the capitalism-stamped-and-approved size and shape. Sharp, honest, unflinching, horrifying, Nothing Tastes as Good is a distinctly American nightmare and it's Luke Dumas's best book yet." —Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie and A Head Full of Ghosts

"Nothing Tastes as Good as a violently visceral and emotionally raw horror novel like this one. Luke Dumas puts fatphobia under the biomedical microscope and blows it up to monstrous proportions." —Brian McAuley, USA Today bestselling author of Breathe In, Bleed Out

“A searing, blisteringly aggressive critique of identity, queerness, and weight loss, this book shocked me and brutalized me in equal measure. Nothing Tastes as Good reminded me of when I watched The Substance for the very first time. I was enthralled, disgusted, and deeply moved.” —Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke