| Author: | Tanith Lee | ISBN: | 9781468305975 |
| Publisher: | ABRAMS | Publication: | October 28, 2003 |
| Imprint: | The Overlook Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tanith Lee |
| ISBN: | 9781468305975 |
| Publisher: | ABRAMS |
| Publication: | October 28, 2003 |
| Imprint: | The Overlook Press |
| Language: | English |
The struggle between the two families for space on the Isle of the Dead, the overcrowded burial ground for generations of Venetian nobility, boils over and a fourteen-year-old girl is forced to pay the ultimate price. As the years pass on, parties complicit in her disappearance begin to suffer the consequences in a series of shocking deaths. A humble apprentice gravedigger is left to sort out the mysteries and subdue the ancient terror that threatens to destroy the entire republic.
The struggle between the two families for space on the Isle of the Dead, the overcrowded burial ground for generations of Venetian nobility, boils over and a fourteen-year-old girl is forced to pay the ultimate price. As the years pass on, parties complicit in her disappearance begin to suffer the consequences in a series of shocking deaths. A humble apprentice gravedigger is left to sort out the mysteries and subdue the ancient terror that threatens to destroy the entire republic.
