Hawley is drawn into a network of memories and debts tied to the Hawley Book of the Dead, a ledger that records the fates of those who linger between the living and the revenants of the city. Every...
Hawley is drawn into a network of memories and debts tied to the Hawley Book of the Dead, a ledger that records the fates of those who linger between the living and the revenants of the city. Every encounter tightens the net: a neighbor with a ghostly smile, a warded doorway that refuses to close, and a cousin who may hold the key to both salvation and ruin. As the lines between ally and adversary blur, Hawley must decide what to protect—the living people who still need him, or the truths that the book insists on exposing, even if the truth ruins him. The streets themselves seem to conspire, mapping a path that looks like a route to safety but may instead ferry him toward the very thing he fears: a final revelation that cannot be escaped.
