The Bone Magician

Author of the critically acclaimed Black Book of Secrets, F.E. Higgins returns to the same magical world for this companion novel. Young Pin Carpue is a corpse watcher. His job is to observe the dead to make sure they've truly passed. One day, he witnesses a bone magician reanimate a corpse. Fascinated, he befriends the magician's assistant, and the two strike a secret bargain.