Songs of the Dead

★ 3.7 avg 38 votes

About this book

When Jack Solomon, a struggling musician who works in London’s West End, is killed, he awakens to a new reality in which light and music are used to create magic and where living eras ofthe past sprawl beneath modern London, layer upon layer, all the way back to recorded history. Jack also soon discovers that many of those who reside in the stratums of London’s past have grown angry with the present world, and that their anger is being channeled by a powerfulsociety of light-and-music-based magic wielders who can cross the realms between life and death, between the present and the past. A past where the dead are sowing revolution against the living, and all of history is at stake. Welcome to the Strata Wars.

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3.7/5 · 38 readers · 461 pages · ≈ 8 h 32 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Songs of the Dead?

About ≈ 8 h 32 m — 461 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mSongs of the Dead~8 h 32 m

How many pages is Songs of the Dead?

461 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Songs of the Dead461

What genre is Songs of the Dead?

It sits on the Fantasy shelves.

Is Songs of the Dead in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Songs of the Dead?

Brandon Sanderson & Peter Orullian.