The reign of the departed
Keyes, J. Gregory, 1963-2018
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Errol Greyson hadn't intended to commit suicide. Or so he told himself. But waking up after his 'cry for help' trapped in the body of a wood-and-metal construct magically animated by Aster - the strange girl from school - was not a result he could have imagined. Aster's wild explanations about needing help on a quest to find the water of health that would cure her father seemed as unreal as her description of Errol's own half-dead existence, his consciousness stuck in an enchanted automaton while his real body was in a coma from which it might never wake. And of course, they would need to recruit a girl who had been dead for thirty years - a virgin, no less - to lead them through something called the Pale, beyond which a bunch of magical kingdoms existed. Plus, the threat that Aster could turn him off like a light switch, sending him into a hellish oblivion, was a convincing incentive to cooperate.
Main title:
The reign of the departed / Greg Keyes.
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Imprint:
San Francisco : Night Shade Books, 2018.San Francisco : Night Shade Books, 2018.
Collation:
360 pages ; 21 cm.
Series title:
High and faraway ; 1.
ISBN:
9781597809375 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2017638