What Moves the Dead

An Instant USA Today & Indie Bestseller
A Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Finalist
A Goodreads Best Horror Choice Award Nominee

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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176 pages

Average rating: 7.51

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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.

MomLife101

Apr 11, 2023

8/10 stars

Although it isn’t a long book I absolutely loved it! It’s a perfect story of Horror and Mystery. Reminds me a little of a haunted house with The Last Of Us. Definitely recommend.

Tpratt

Mar 22, 2023

6/10 stars

Kept my attention and was a quick read, just not one I was very invested in by the end. However the author did well with setting a creepy horror tone to the story.