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Boston, 1769: Ethan Kaille, a Boston thieftaker who uses his conjuring to catch criminals, has snared villains and defeated magic that would have daunted a lesser man. What starts out as a mysterious phenomenon that has local ministers confused becomes something far more serious. A ruthless, extremely powerful conjurer seeks to wake the souls of the dead to wreak a terrible revenge on all who oppose him. Kaille's minister friends have been helpless to stop crimes against their church. Graves have been desecrated in a bizarre, ritualistic way. Equally disturbing are reports of recently deceased citizens of Boston reappearing as grotesquely disfigured shades, seemingly having been disturbed from their eternal rest, and now frightening those who had been nearest to them in life.
About the Author
D.B. Jackson is the pen name of award-winning author David B. Coe. Under both names, he is the author of more than twenty books, including epic fantasies, media work, and non-fiction. D.B. has also published nearly two dozen short stories. His work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. His most recent novel is TIME'S CHILDREN, the first volume of The Islevale Cycle, a time travel/epic fantasy series. He has also written the Thieftaker Chronicles -- THIEFTAKER, THIEVES' QUARRY, A PLUNDER OF SOULS, and DEAD MAN'S REACH, as well as a Thieftaker short story collection, TALES OF THE THIEFTAKER.David B. Coe/D.B. Jackson was born in New York many, many years ago, and has since lived in New England, California, Australia, and Appalachia. He did his undergraduate work at Brown University, worked for a time as a political consultant, went to Stanford University, where he earned a Master's and Ph.D. in U.S. History, and finally returned to his first love: writing fiction.
