Death Watch

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They say the dead should rest in peace. Not all the dead agree.One night, Silas Umber’s father Amos doesnt come home from work. Devastated, Silas learns that his father was no mere mortician but an Undertaker, charged with bringing The Peace to the dead trapped in the Shadowlands, the states of limbo binding spirits to earth. With Amos gone, Silas and his mother have no choice but to return to Lichport, the crumbling seaside town where Silas was born, and move in with Amoss brother, Charles. Even as Silas eagerly explores his fathers town and its many abandoned streets and overgrown cemeteries, he grows increasingly wary of his uncle. There is something not quite right going on in Charles Umbers ornate, museum-like housesomething, Silas is sure, that is connected to his fathers disappearance. When Silass search leads him to his fathers old office, he comes across a powerful artifact: the Death Watch, a four hundred year old Hadean clock that allows the owner to see the dead. Death Watch in hand, Silas begins to unearth Lichports secret historyand discovers that he has taken on his fathers mantle as Lichports Undertaker. Now, Silas must embark on a dangerous path into the Shadowlands to embrace his destiny and discover the truth about his fatherno matter the cost.

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