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The Grief of Stones

The Grief of Stones

Epic FantasyUrban Fantasy
Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

The Grief of Stones is a dark urban fantasy set in the richly textured secondary-world city of Amalo. Thara Celehar, a Witness for the Dead — a supernatural investigator who can see the truth behind murders — takes on a case where the victim's identity has been magically obscured. As he pursues clues through the city's underworld and its political circles, he must also mentor an apprentice and decide what his role in this world will become.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkMelancholicTense
Mystery BoxMentor Figure

Genres

Epic Fantasy Urban Fantasy

About the author

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Sarah Monette

Sarah Monette is an American fantasy and horror author born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 1974. She holds a PhD in English literature from the University of Wisconsin, where she specialized in Renaissance revenge tragedy, and lives near Madison. Under her own name she wrote the Doctrine of Labyrinths series and the Iskryne novels co-authored with Elizabeth Bear. In 2009, after her publisher balked at her sales numbers, she began releasing fantasy under the pen name Katherine Addison, starting with...

Characters

Thara CeleharProtagonist

A Witness for the Dead, a supernatural investigator of murder cases in the city of Amalo.

All characters in The Grief of Stones