An InstantUSA Today& Indie Bestseller
A Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Finalist
A Goodreads Best Horror Choice Award Nominee
A gripping and atmospheric reimagining of Edgar Allan Poes The Fall of the House of Usher from Hugo, Locus, & Nebula award-winning author T. Kingfisher
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.
T. KINGFISHERwrites fantasy, horror, and occasional oddities, including
Nettle & Boneand
A House with Good Bones. Under a pen name, she also writes bestselling children's books. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, cats, and a large garden full of suspicious mushrooms.
While the events of the book arestrange and sinister, the style and characters arewarm and wry. . . . The scares are effective, but you know youre in safe hands.The New York Times
A grotesque romp!It takes up residence beneath your skin and refuses to leave. Caitlin Starling,USA Todaybestselling author ofThe Death of Jane Lawrence
Creepy, claustrophobic, and completely entertaining,What Moves the Deadleft me delightfully repulsed. I adored this book!Erin A. Craig,New York Timesbestselling author ofHouse of Salt and Sorrows
This gothic retelling isa hair-raising, enthralling read.Buzzfeed
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