The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in America
Alex Easton does not want to visit America.
They particularly do not want to visit an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia with a reputation for being haunted.
But when their old friend Dr. Denton summons them to help find his lost cousin-who went missing in that very mine-well, sometimes a sworn soldier has to do what a sworn soldier has to do... T. KINGFISHER writes fantasy, horror, and occasional oddities, including Nettle & Bone, Thornhedge, A Sorceress Comes to Call, What Moves the Dead, and A House with Good Bones. Under a pen name, she also writes bestselling children's books. She lives in New Mexico with her husband.
Praise for What Moves the Dead:
"A grotesque romp! It takes up residence beneath your skin and refuses to leave."-Caitlin Starling, USA Today bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence
"Thoroughly creepy and utterly enjoyable."-Publishers Weekly
"Creepy, claustrophobic, and completely entertaining, What Moves the Dead left me delightfully repulsed. I adored this book!"-Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows
"T. Kingfisher spins biting wit, charm and terror into a tale that will make your skin crawl. Poe would be proud!"-Brom, author of Slewfoot
"Dissects the heart of Poe's most famous tale and finds a wholly new mythology beating inside it. …Pure fun."-Andy Davidson, author of The Boatman's Daughter
"What Moves the Dead is a must-read, period."-Jordan Shiveley, author of Hot Singles In Your Area
"A gothic delight!"-Lucy A. Snyder, author of Sister, Maiden, Monster
"A fluid technicolor reimagining of Poe's "House of Usher" that takes no prisoners. . . Not to be missed."-Brian Evenson, author of Last Days
"Perfectly hair-raising in all the right ways."-Premee Mohamed, author of Beneath the Rising
