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Death Watch
About this book
They say the dead should rest in peace. Not all the dead agree. This start to The Undertaken trilogy is a “thought-provoking gothic fantasy” and a “genuinely eerie tale” (Publishers Weekly).
When Silas Umber’s father, Amos, doesn’t come home from work one night, Silas discovers that his father was no mere mortician, but an Undertaker who worked to bring The Peace to lost and wandering souls. With Amos gone, Silas and his mother move back to Lichport, the crumbling seaside town where he was born, and Silas seizes the opportunity to investigate his father’s disappearance.
When his search leads him to his father’s old office, he comes across a powerful artifact: the Death Watch, a tool that allows the owner to see the dead. Death Watch in hand, Silas begins to unearth Lichport’s secret history—and discovers that he has taken on his father’s mantle as Lichport’s Undertaker. Now, Silas must embark on a dangerous path into the Shadowlands to embrace his destiny and discover the truth about his father—even if it kills him.
Critically acclaimed folklorist Ari Berk explores the worlds of the living and the dead, and the relationships between parents and children in an novel steeped in lore, mystery, and magic.
When Silas Umber’s father, Amos, doesn’t come home from work one night, Silas discovers that his father was no mere mortician, but an Undertaker who worked to bring The Peace to lost and wandering souls. With Amos gone, Silas and his mother move back to Lichport, the crumbling seaside town where he was born, and Silas seizes the opportunity to investigate his father’s disappearance.
When his search leads him to his father’s old office, he comes across a powerful artifact: the Death Watch, a tool that allows the owner to see the dead. Death Watch in hand, Silas begins to unearth Lichport’s secret history—and discovers that he has taken on his father’s mantle as Lichport’s Undertaker. Now, Silas must embark on a dangerous path into the Shadowlands to embrace his destiny and discover the truth about his father—even if it kills him.
Critically acclaimed folklorist Ari Berk explores the worlds of the living and the dead, and the relationships between parents and children in an novel steeped in lore, mystery, and magic.
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Information
Year
2011Print ISBN
9781416991168eBook ISBN
9781442436039Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Map
- Epigraph
- Chapter 1: Home
- Chapter 2: Nobody
- Chapter 3: Outer Circle
- Chapter 4: Mail
- Chapter 5: Portents
- Chapter 6: Carriage
- Chapter 7: Night Trip
- Chapter 8: The White Things That Are Mine
- Chapter 9: Sidewalk and Statuary
- Chapter 10: Bring Home the Child
- Chapter 11: Quiet Voices
- Chapter 12: New Digs
- Chapter 13: Preserves
- Chapter 14: Falling Water
- Chapter 15: Grand Tour
- Chapter 16: Books of the Dead
- Chapter 17: Little Creatures
- Chapter 18: Locals
- Chapter 19: Obligations
- Chapter 20: The Young and the Restless
- Chapter 21: The Narrows
- Chapter 22: Night Visiting
- Chapter 23: Plots
- Chapter 24: Fortune, My Foe
- Chapter 25: Like Night and Day
- Chapter 26: Night Music
- Chapter 27: Inner Workings
- Chapter 28: Borrowed Time
- Chapter 29: Camera Obscura
- Chapter 30: Beacon
- Chapter 31: Leaving
- Chapter 32: Small Spaces
- Chapter 33: In Stitches
- Chapter 34: Bowers of the Night Herons
- Chapter 35: Reaching Out
- Chapter 36: Dogge Alley
- Chapter 37: Mist Ship
- Chapter 38: Camera Obscura
- Chapter 39: Dark Call
- Chapter 40: Not Easy
- Chapter 41: Together
- Chapter 42: Letting Go
- Chapter 43: Admission
- Chapter 44: Last Words
- Chapter 45: Composure
- Chapter 46: Preparations
- Chapter 47: Wake
- Chapter 48: Family Business
- Chapter 49: Tangled Threads
- Chapter 50: We Are Travelers All
- Chapter 51: Retreat
- Chapter 52: Anchor
- Chapter 53: Forward and Back
- Chapter 54: Old School
- Chapter 55: Fire Within
- Chapter 56: Can’t Hide
- Chapter 57: Homecoming
- Chapter 58: Storm
- Chapter 59: Lost and Found
- Chapter 60: Street Scene
- Chapter 61: Passing Bell
- Acknowledgments
- Reading Group Guide
- ‘Mistle Child’ Excerpt
- Copyright
