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02000aam a2200301 i 4500 001 84D2ECC0D86411EE9510A68C40ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240302011431 008 230310t20242024enk e 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1803364548 020 $a 9781803364544 040 $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Slatter, Angela, $e author. 245 14 $a The briar book of the dead / $c A. G. Slatter. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a London : $b Titan Books, $c 2024. 300 $a 400 pages ; $c 20 cm. 520 $a "Ellie Briar is the first non-witch to be born into her family for generations. The Briar family of witches run the town of Silverton, caring for its inhabitants with their skills and magic. In the usual scheme of things, they would be burnt for their sorcery, but the church has given them dispensation in return for their protection of the borders of the Darklands, where the much-feared Leech Lords hold sway. Ellie is being trained as a steward, administering for the town, and warding off the insistent interest of the church. When her grandmother dies suddenly, Ellie's cousin Audra rises to the position of Briar Witch, propelling Ellie into her new role. As she navigates fresh challenges, an unexpected new ability to see and speak to the dead leads her to uncover sinister family secrets, stories of burnings, lost grimoires and evil spells. Reeling from one revelation to the next, she seeks answers from the long dead and is forced to decide who to trust, as a devastating plot threatens to destroy everything the Briar witches have sacrificed so much to build"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Witches $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Magic $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Witch fiction. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Gothic fiction. $2 lcgft. 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240302011530.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=84D2ECC0D86411EE9510A68C40ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search