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381 pages, Hardcover
First published August 17, 2023
Thirty-two stout hearts – it takes courage to live on the edge of an abyss – thirty-two bodies that were strong in their youth. Some hours from now, they will be thirty-one.
The monks are gathered in a circle around the dying man.
Then I saw it.
With infinite slowness, the figure rose, peeling itself from the slab, and took a faltering step towards me. Her head bowed, her face hidden by a black veil, she stood on the threshold and stared at me with spectral eyes, deep set into cavernous sockets.
Like splinters, time slips under your skin – but who worries about a little splinter? – and eventually becomes infected.