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The Library of the Dead
The Library of the Dead is a novel written by T. L. Huchu. It is his third novel and the first volume in the Edinburgh Nights series. It was first published by Tor Books in 2021. The novel is set in a dystopian Edinburgh.
Fourteen-year-old Ropa performs an exorcism for a wealthy family. On the way home, she is robbed by police officers.
A ghost named Nicola Stuart asks Ropa to help find her missing son, Oliver. Oliver disappeared while playing with his friend Mark. Ropa declines on the grounds that Nicola has no living relatives who can pay for the services. Ropa lives in a community of squatters, along with her grandmother and her younger sister Izwi. Gran convinces Ropa to help Nicola, even without pay.
Ropa sneaks into Mark's house, learning that he has been afflicted with a terrible curse. His body remains young, but his head appears to be that of an old man.
Ropa's friend Jomo sneaks her into the Library of the Dead, which may contain information about Mark's condition. The Library is a sacred space for practitioners of magic. Although Ropa is a ghost talker, members of her profession are not allowed. They are caught by Jomo's father, Dr. Maige. Dr. Maige arrests Ropa and informs her that the penalty for trespassing is death.
A magician named Sir Callendar intervenes. He senses that Ropa can practice chivanhu, a type of folk magic passed down from Ropa's grandmother. Therefore, she is allowed on Library grounds. A library employee gives Ropa a book and a severed ear before dismissing her.
She returns to the Library, where Callander declines to help with Ollie's case. He does, however, give Ropa an unusual scarf. Ropa meets Siobhan Kavanagh, a television star with an unnaturally youthful appearance and a national audience. Ropa then meets healer Priya Kapoor, who agrees to help. Priya and Ropa visit Red Rob, the leader of a criminal enterprise. Rob is caring for a young girl named Katie who has been afflicted with the aging spell.
Ropa goes to Arthur Lodge, the mansion where Katie was afflicted by the curse. Ropa sees a vision of her mother, who has been missing for years. She runs inside, where she immediately falls into the basement and injures herself. She is rescued by a butler, Wilson, but she finds that has been cursed so she cannot leave the house. Ropa is forced into servitude. She meets Grace, another imprisoned girl. Wilson teaches her to complete various chores. Grace is taken by a man called the Midnight Milkman.
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The Library of the Dead
The Library of the Dead is a novel written by T. L. Huchu. It is his third novel and the first volume in the Edinburgh Nights series. It was first published by Tor Books in 2021. The novel is set in a dystopian Edinburgh.
Fourteen-year-old Ropa performs an exorcism for a wealthy family. On the way home, she is robbed by police officers.
A ghost named Nicola Stuart asks Ropa to help find her missing son, Oliver. Oliver disappeared while playing with his friend Mark. Ropa declines on the grounds that Nicola has no living relatives who can pay for the services. Ropa lives in a community of squatters, along with her grandmother and her younger sister Izwi. Gran convinces Ropa to help Nicola, even without pay.
Ropa sneaks into Mark's house, learning that he has been afflicted with a terrible curse. His body remains young, but his head appears to be that of an old man.
Ropa's friend Jomo sneaks her into the Library of the Dead, which may contain information about Mark's condition. The Library is a sacred space for practitioners of magic. Although Ropa is a ghost talker, members of her profession are not allowed. They are caught by Jomo's father, Dr. Maige. Dr. Maige arrests Ropa and informs her that the penalty for trespassing is death.
A magician named Sir Callendar intervenes. He senses that Ropa can practice chivanhu, a type of folk magic passed down from Ropa's grandmother. Therefore, she is allowed on Library grounds. A library employee gives Ropa a book and a severed ear before dismissing her.
She returns to the Library, where Callander declines to help with Ollie's case. He does, however, give Ropa an unusual scarf. Ropa meets Siobhan Kavanagh, a television star with an unnaturally youthful appearance and a national audience. Ropa then meets healer Priya Kapoor, who agrees to help. Priya and Ropa visit Red Rob, the leader of a criminal enterprise. Rob is caring for a young girl named Katie who has been afflicted with the aging spell.
Ropa goes to Arthur Lodge, the mansion where Katie was afflicted by the curse. Ropa sees a vision of her mother, who has been missing for years. She runs inside, where she immediately falls into the basement and injures herself. She is rescued by a butler, Wilson, but she finds that has been cursed so she cannot leave the house. Ropa is forced into servitude. She meets Grace, another imprisoned girl. Wilson teaches her to complete various chores. Grace is taken by a man called the Midnight Milkman.