Keepers - Softcover

Luna, Steven

4.07

42 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996512187 ISBN 13: 9780996512183

Publisher: Dapper Press, 2016

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From the darkly whimsical imagination of Steven Luna comes a gothic fairy tale of deathly proportions... As sixth-generation Keepers, sisters Agatha and Sarah Spindlecrook can Awaken the dead simply by speaking their names. But the dead who sleep in Broodhaven Cemetery suddenly seem to be rising all on their own. The sisters can also put the dead back Asleep by speaking their names again while dropping a stone...though that doesn’t seem to be working for them at the moment, either. Now, all of Broodhaven is in danger of being overrun by the rising dead as they Awaken and head back to the village for the comforts of home, which threatens to destroy the tenuous balance between life and death. Enter serial widow Prudence Callowill, who’s received a divine message regarding how to rid Broodhaven of their infestation of Awakened souls—but her plan involves ridding Broodhaven of the Spindlecrooks, too. A mysterious figure holds the secret of the Unbidden Awakenings, and another might be able to make all well again...if only those who could truly help put things right weren’t already dead themselves. What readers are saying... "Full of heart, bursting with magic, brimming with whimsy, and splashed with darkness, Keepers is an extraordinary novel that will cement Luna as one of the greatest storytellers of our time." - Clayton Smith, bestselling author of Apocalypticon "It was humorous, yet bittersweet. It was suspenseful and highly imaginative. The language itself did a top-notch job of creating this delightfully vivid world." - Kyaro (reader review) "The characters are beautifully written and multi-faceted, so much so that it was difficult to forget them after I finished the last page and I found myself reminiscing fondly afterwards as if they were old friends of mine." - Megan (reader review)

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