“A Digger must not refuse a request from the Dead." —Rule Five of the Gravedigger’s CodeIan Fossor is last in a long line of Gravediggers. It’s his family’s job to bury the dead and then, when Called by the dearly departed, to help settle the worries that linger beyond the grave so spirits can find peace in the Beyond.
But Ian doesn’t want to help the dead—he wants to be a Healer and help the living. Such a wish is, of course, selfish and impossible. Fossors are Gravediggers. So he reluctantly continues his training under the careful watch of his undead mentor, hoping every day that he’s never Called and carefully avoiding the path that leads into the forbidden woods bordering the cemetery.
Just as Ian’s friend, Fiona, convinces him to talk to his father, they’re lured into the woods by a risen corpse that doesn’t want to play by the rules. There, the two are captured by a coven of Weavers, dark magic witches who want only two thing—to escape the murky woods where they’ve been banished, and to raise the dead and shift the balance of power back to themselves.
Only Ian can stop them. With a little help from his friends. And his long-dead ancestors.
Equal parts spooky and melancholy, funny and heartfelt,
The Gravedigger’s Son is a gorgeous debut that will long sit beside Neil Gaiman’s
The Graveyard Book and Jonathan Auxier's
The Night Gardener.
Although he yearns to be a Healer, Ian Fossor must follow family tradition and help the spirits of the dead find peace in the Beyond, but when Weavers threaten he finds his rightful place.
“Moody packs his cemetery with magic and monsters and makes digging up the dead a lot of fun.” -- J.W. Ocker, Edgar Award-winning author of
Death and Douglas"Deliciously eerie and heartfelt,
The Gravedigger's Son sweeps you into a world of Diggers, Voicecatchers, and Weavers, where only a reluctant young gravedigger can save the day." --Sarah McGuire, author of
Valiant 
