And as dry sobs wracked his body, Augustus Howesman carried his granddaughter back to her house on Temple Street, hoping that Silas would be there.
ARI BERK is an award-winning writer who works in a library filled to the ceiling with thousands of arcane books and more than a few wondrous artifacts. When not writing, he moonlights as professor of mythology and folklore at Central Michigan University. He lives in Michigan with his wife and son. Visit him at ariberk.com.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Berk, Ari.
Mistle child / Ari Berk.—1st ed.
p. cm.—(The Undertaken trilogy ; bk. 2)
Summary: As the only living resident of Arvale Manor, Silas must seek to understand the past and put an ancient wrong to right, as he discovers that even a house of ghosts can be haunted by its past.
ISBN 978-1-4169-9117-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4424-3916-0 (eBook)
[1. Fantasy. 2. Ghosts—Fiction. 3. Families—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.B452293Mi 2013
[Fic]—dc23
2012002977