What Moves the Dead

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From 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."

*A very special hardcover edition, featuring foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.*

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.

What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves.

Aided 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.

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Rannaluv

Aug 11, 2024

7/10 stars

A gothic thriller! Loved it!

Anonymous

Aug 17, 2023

10/10 stars

Another weird one from T Kingfisher BUT I AM HERE FOR IT. A short read but a super weird and fun one. It's been a while since I've read a good creepy Gothic fiction. This is a much better homage to Fall of the House of Usher than *another* recent gothic fiction I read. 4.5 stars but GR doesn't allow them. Please read this book!

BaronBrickmiser

Jul 28, 2023

8/10 stars

I love a good EAP re-imagining.

LillianK4015

Apr 28, 2023

4/10 stars

Didn’t really seem to capture my attention. Wasn’t bad, it was interesting, just wasn’t one of my favorites. Kinda felt like it was predictable

Anonymous

Apr 24, 2023

10/10 stars

What a beautiful, horrifying retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher! It's short and therefore a quick read, but the characters are rich and detailed. The creep factor is high but the narrator and the doctor add a sense of humor through it, as well. I loved every second of this.