Summary
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 h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781416991168 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1416991166 |
| Author: | Ari Berk |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2014 |
| Weight: | 475g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 140mm x 210mm |
| Series: | The Undertaken Trilogy |
| Audience Age: | 12-99 |
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Critics Review
“Ari Berk’s compelling prose draws aside death’s veil revealing a macabre, visceral, and utterly believable folkloric world. Eerie and poignant, “Death Watch” is at once chilling and full of heart.”
– Brom, artist/author of the Chesley award-winning novel “The Plucker”.
Ari Berk
Ari Berk is the author of the Undertaken trilogy and Nightsong, illustrated by Loren Long. He works in a library filled to the ceiling with thousands of arcane books and more than a few wondrous artifacts. When not writing, he moonlights as professor of mythology and folklore at Central Michigan University. He lives in Michigan with his wife and son.
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