Why a Booktrail?
2025: When ghosts talk, she will listen . . .
The Library of the Dead
Why a Booktrail?
2025: When ghosts talk, she will listen . . .
What you need to know before your trail
Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker – and she now speaks to Edinburgh’s dead, carrying messages to the living. A girl’s gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone’s bewitching children – leaving them husks, empty of joy and life. It’s on Ropa’s patch, so she feels honour bound to investigate. But what she learns will change her world.
She’ll dice with death (not part of her life plan . . .) as she calls on Zimbabwean magic and Scottish pragmatism to hunt down clues. For Edinburgh hides a wealth of secrets. And in the process, she discovers an occult library and some unexpected allies. Yet as shadows lengthen, will the hunter become the hunted?
Locations
Reset- Scotland - Edinburgh
- A: Lanark Rd
- B: Wester Hailes
- C: Sighthill
- D: South Gyle
- E: Calton Hill
Travel Guide
Edinburgh
A fine mix of Zimbabwean and Scottish magic and culture.
The alternative Edinburgh is recognisable and alien at the same time. It’s a city unknown but one with dark undertones and darker shadows.
“Something smells off in the barns. Even in this city of olfactory tragedy, this scent’s more pungent and desperate than anything I’ve encountered before.”
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Library of the Dead
Destination/location: Edinburgh Author/guide: T. L. Huchu Departure Time: 2025
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