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What moves the dead / T. Kingfisher.

Kingfisher, T., (author.). Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Adaptation of (work): Fall of the house of Usher. (Added Author).

Summary:

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." 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250830753
  • ISBN: 1250830753
  • ISBN: 9781250830814
  • ISBN: 1250830818
  • Physical Description: 165 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Nightfire, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Endpaper art by Ursula Vernon"--Title page verso.
Subject:
Veterans > Fiction.
Siblings > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Dwellings > Fiction.
Fungi > Fiction.
Siblings.
Genre:
Horror fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Gothic fiction.

Available copies

  • 25 of 40 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 40 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library FIC KINGFISHER (Text) 36015001894019 Adult Fiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library FIC KINGFISHER (Text) 36015001898408 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/22/2026
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F KINGFISHER (Text) 39493110056787 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/18/2026
Bladen Main Branch PBK FIC KIN Horror (Text) 30441100974096 Adult Fiction Paperback Available -
Bordeaux Library F KINGFISHER (Text) 31781070111008 Adult Fiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library F KINGFISHER (Text) 22281500028378 Adult Fiction Available -
Cliffdale Library F KINGFISHER (Text) 31781067512549 Adult Fiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters F KINGFISHER (Text) 31781067512531 Adult Fiction Checked out 07/20/2026
East Regional Library F KINGFISHER (Text) 31781067512556 Adult Fiction Available -
Forsyth Central FIC Kingfisher, T. (Text) 0112525014498 Adult Fiction Available -

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Summary: 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." 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.