The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World
is a powerful and poignant contemporary Queer fantasy perfect for fans of
Hadestown
and
Under the Whispering Door
At the edge of Chicago, nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan, there is a waystation for the dead. Every night, the newly-departed travel through the city to the Station, guided by its lighthouse. There, they reckon with their lives, before stepping aboard a boat to go beyond.
Nera has spent decades watching her father—the ferryman of the dead—sail across the lake, each night just like the last.
But tonight, something is wrong.
The Station's lighthouse has started to flicker out. The terrifying, ghostly Haunts have multiplied in the city. And now a person—a
living
person—has found her way onto the boat.
Her name is Charlie. She followed a song. And she is searching for someone she lost.
"Gorgeous, lyrical, heartfelt, and true in all the ways that matter! This is an achingly beautiful book that is as much about life as it is about death."—Sarah Beth Durst,
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Spellshop