Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves.Īided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all. Madeline Usher is dying of a mysterious illness, and her brother Roderick isn’t looking too well himself. What Moves the Dead centers around Alex Easton, retired soldier, as they pay a visit to their childhood friends, the Ushers. What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. But it’s absolutely not a prerequisite for enjoying this book. When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania. *A very special hardcover edition, featuring foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.* Kingfisher, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Tor Books, NetGalley, 2022, 4 Stars Comment.
Book Reviews Kim JWhat Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher is one of my favorite authors, but then this cover dropped. That fact alone sold me on this book, well that and the fact that T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher." Kingfisher Publication date on July 12th 2022 by Tor Nightfire Hardcover, 176 pages Fiction / Horror / Sci Fi & Fantasy My Rating: 4 of 5 Stars. Kingfisher expertly reimagines Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. A Barnes & Noble Book of the Year FinalistĪ Goodreads Best Horror Choice Award Nomineeįrom T.
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