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Bev Tolliver is holding her own funeral. She will be attending. As Fernwood Falls prepares, her daughter Georgina comes home — and catches the undertaker off guard. The sequel to Survived By.

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Walter Holt's obituary names Margo Pike in print and tells his grandson to take her to the Harvest Dance. Nine days, one goat, and a missing donut recipe later, Fernwood Falls is watching.

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The Lowmere Cycle

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In a city that rents its sleep, adjuster Teo Brask is called to a dead boy in the racks — and finds eleven spirals waiting on the ceiling.

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The Undying Throne

The Undying Throne

On the prison moon Hollow, miner Rook cuts her hand on a shard of nightglass, and her blood opens every lock the Undying Throne has sealed. The Emperor wants her brought to him. No one else may draw her blood.

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