The Halls of the Dead
- Author S. M. Hallow
- Narrator Charlie Albers, Ella Lynch, James Meunier
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 27 August 2026
- Run Time 12 hours and 48 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Dark fantasy, Dark romance, Historical fiction, Horror and supernatural fiction, Romance: fantasy and paranormal, Urban fantasy.
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What to expect
DEATH IS NOT THE END OF LOVE
A queer, gothic horror romance set in a necromancy-tinged London, sure to entrance fans of The Death of Jane Lawrence and Mexican Gothic.
London, December 1849
Irene Shallcross Haley has dedicated her life to necromancy, a forbidden, reviled art that is passed along through sentient grimoires bound in human skin. With her undead husband St. John – a marriage of kindred spirits and platonic convenience – she has been protecting the knowledge of generations of witches that came before her. Like any magic, it has come at a cost: her reputation, her relationship with her sister, and her soul. But when Irene’s love, Agnes, is hanged for witchcraft, Irene refuses to let Agnes be one more thing that is taken from her.
A true resurrection has not been achieved in two thousand years, but Irene is determined. With the help of St. John, Irene bangs on the doors of the Halls of the Dead, demanding the third part of their triumverate back…or did she? Because the Agnes that awakens comes with both a hunger for raw flesh and a malignant ghost tied to her soul.
Necromancy is the art of saying no – no, I won't let you go; no, I won't let you be destroyed – and Irene’s work is not yet done. She must find a way to bring Agnes back to her true self, she must navigate her feelings for her resurrected lover as well as St. John, and she must do all of this without catching the attention of Sir Silas Underhill, the man who sentenced Agnes to death.
Death is not the end of love. But Irene may realize it can actually be the beginning.
| Author | S. M. Hallow |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Charlie Albers, Ella Lynch, James Meunier |
| Duration | 12 hours and 48 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780008809669 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Genre | Dark fantasy, Dark romance, Historical fiction, Horror and supernatural fiction, Romance: fantasy and paranormal, Urban fantasy |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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