She practices looking at and drawing the world around her. She stands strong against those who would hurt her. But those challenges have also, in their own odd way, made Olivia stronger and more observant. And those parts of her make her an object of scorn and bullying at the Merilance School for Independent Girls. Olivia Prior is an orphan as well as a mute. In fact, these gray tattered spirits are as furtive and soundless as Olivia often is. She sees them in their partially-here state as they gaze soundlessly at the living world around them. Olivia sees ghouls-the decayed spirits of the dead that lounge around with missing jaw bones and other bits. The mute girl can’t, for instance, say things that others can, but she certainly sees things that others can’t. Olivia has always wanted to belong somewhere, but will she take her place as a Prior, protecting our world against the Master of the House? Or will she take her place beside him? Buy on AmazonOlivia Prior’s life is a strange collection of missing and mismatched parts. Now Olivia sees what has unraveled generations of her family, and where her father may have come from. The manor is crumbling, the ghouls are solid, and a mysterious figure rules over all. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment, Olivia finds herself in a place that is Gallant-but not. Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets, and she is determined to uncover them. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home, it doesn’t matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her.
Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home-to Gallant. Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal-which seems to unravel into madness. A seam, where the shadow meets its source. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch.
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