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What Stalks the Deep

T. Kingfisher

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The next installment in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in America

Alex Easton does not want to visit America.

They particularly do not want to visit an abandoned coal mine in West Virginia with a reputation for being haunted.

But when their old friend Dr. Denton summons them to help find his lost cousin--who went missing in that very mine--well, sometimes a sworn soldier has to do what a sworn soldier has to do...

Book Details

  • Publisher: Tor Nightfire
  • Publish Date: Sep 30th, 2025
  • Pages: 192
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.29in - 0.75in - 0.56lb
  • EAN: 9781250354921
  • Categories: Horror - GeneralGothicFantasy - Dark Fantasy

About the Author

Kingfisher, T.: - T. KINGFISHER (she/her) writes fantasy, horror, and occasional oddities, including Nettle & Bone, What Moves the Dead, Thornhedge, A House with Good Bones, and A Sorceress Comes to Call. Under a pen name, she also writes bestselling children's books. She lives in New Mexico with her husband.

Praise for this book

Praise for What Moves the Dead:

"A grotesque romp! It takes up residence beneath your skin and refuses to leave."--Caitlin Starling, USA Today bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence

"Thoroughly creepy and utterly enjoyable."--Publishers Weekly

"Creepy, claustrophobic, and completely entertaining, What Moves the Dead left me delightfully repulsed. I adored this book!"--Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows

"T. Kingfisher spins biting wit, charm and terror into a tale that will make your skin crawl. Poe would be proud!"--Brom, author of Slewfoot

"Dissects the heart of Poe's most famous tale and finds a wholly new mythology beating inside it. ...Pure fun."--Andy Davidson, author of The Boatman's Daughter

"What Moves the Dead is a must-read, period."--Jordan Shiveley, author of Hot Singles In Your Area

"A gothic delight!"--Lucy A. Snyder, author of Sister, Maiden, Monster

"A fluid technicolor reimagining of Poe's "House of Usher" that takes no prisoners. . . Not to be missed."--Brian Evenson, author of Last Days

"Perfectly hair-raising in all the right ways."--Premee Mohamed, author of Beneath the Rising