What Moves the Dead
About this book
When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruravia. What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves. Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 760 readers · 175 pages · ≈ 3 h 14 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read What Moves the Dead?
About ≈ 3 h 14 m — 175 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is What Moves the Dead?
175 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is What Moves the Dead?
It sits on the Historical Fiction, Horror, Fantasy shelves.
Is What Moves the Dead in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in What Moves the Dead?
The main characters include Alex Easton, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher.
Who wrote What Moves the Dead?
T. Kingfisher.