Dead men tell no tales
When Corporal Kaylin Neya is assigned front desk dutyโa task hated by every Hawkโthe only thing she can look forward to besides an endless stream of complaints is visits from a dotty old woman. She always brings baked goods along with information passed on by her friendsโฆwho happen to be ghosts no one else can see. But then the old womanโs invisible friends have news about Severn Handred: his unusual weapon has caught their attention. Concerned, Kaylin accompanies the woman home because she has a few questions to ask these so-called ghosts.
Sadly, Kaylin can also see them. And she can see other spirits in the womanโs house as wellโfour children whoโve been trapped there for decades. When Kaylin looks into the deaths in the records at the Halls of Law, something doesnโt add up. Factor in a building that isnโt supposed to exist, and nothing makes sense. But Kaylin is a Hawk, and sheโs determined to free the trapped ghosts of the children, even if sheโs suddenly landed in the middle of the bad kind of Barrani history. Someone doesnโt want the past to be uncovered, and theyโre perfectly willing to destroy Kaylin if it preserves the secrets of the deadโฆ
โA satisfying combination of contemporary-feeling secondary world, city-based fantasy, and go-big-or-go-home epic.โ โTor.com on the Chronicles of Elantra series
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