The Library of the Dead

Produktbeschreibung

'Fast-moving and entertaining'- Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London<BR><BR>Enter a world of magic and adventure in The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu. The first book in the spellbinding Edinburgh Nights series.<BR><BR>When ghosts talk, she will listen . . .<BR><BR>Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker - and she now speaks to Edinburgh's dead, carrying messages to the living. A girl's gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone's bewitching children - leaving them husks, empty of joy and life. It's on Ropa's patch, so she feels honour bound to investigate. But what she learns will change her world.<BR><BR>She'll dice with death (not part of her life plan . . .) as she calls on Zimbabwean magic and Scottish pragmatism to hunt down clues. For Edinburgh hides a wealth of secrets. And in the process, she discovers an occult library and some unexpected allies. Yet as shadows lengthen, will the hunter become the hunted?<BR><BR>The Library of the Dead is the first book in the Edinburgh Nights series. Continue the adventure with book two, Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments.<BR><BR>The Edinburgh Nights Series<BR>The Library of the Dead<BR>Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments<BR>The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle<BR>The Legacy of Arniston House<BR>Secrets of the First School<BR><BR>* * *<BR><BR>Praise for The Library of the Dead<BR><BR>'I highly recommend The Library of the Dead'<BR>- Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse series<BR><BR>'Edinburgh Nights is essential reading for fans of urban fantasy'<BR>- The British Fantasy Society<BR><BR>'One of the strangest and most compelling fantasy worlds you'll see all year'<BR>- SFX<BR>