Official novelization of X (2022), the slasher written and directed by Ti West that launched the X trilogy, released by A24 and starring Mia Goth in the dual role of Maxine and Pearl. In 1979, a group of young filmmakers sets out to shoot an adult film on a rural Texas farm; when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast must fight for their lives. Written by Tim Waggoner, four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning American horror author specialising in media tie-in fiction; the first of A24's trilogy novelizations, printed in throwback pocket-sized paperback format with cover art by Matt Ryan Tobin, with details drawn from West's original screenplay. Distributed through MACK.