Death Watch (The Undertaken Trilogy)
"Berk’s  writing style and language are reminiscent of the classic gothic works  of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Shirley Jackson. The plot and pacing have a  haunting, dreamlike quality--the type of dream that morphs into  nightmares that jolt sleepers awake with a pounding heart and shaking  hands."  — School Library Journal"Ari Berk writes deftly about loss and love, mining a rich vein of ghostly folklore with vivid prose, style and wit.  A marvelous tapestry of a book." --Holly Black,New York Timesbestselling author"This truly gothic novel is imbued with hauntingly beautiful prose and vividly drawn characters set in a town just as intriguing as its inhabitants.Death Watchwill linger with you long after you lay it to rest." --Tony DiTerlizzi,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Search for WondLa"...thought-provoking gothic fantasy...A genuinely eerie tale.  Berk’s  setting is atmospheric and creepy, fleshed out with a wealth of funereal  traditions and folklore...an intriguing opener."  --Publisher's Weekly"Every  now and then a book comes along that breaks the mold of everything that  has gone before. Death Watch is such a book. At once a profound and  moving meditation on death, and an extraordinary edge-of-the-seat  adventure, it is one of the most original and powerful novels I have  read in my lifetime." --John Matthews, New York Times bestselling author of Pirates and Arthur of Albion"Ari  Berk's compelling prose draws aside death's veil revealing a macabre,  visceral, and utterly believable folkloric world. Eerie and poignant,Death Watchis at once chilling and full of heart."-- Brom, artist/author of the art booksDarkwerksandOfferings, and the Chesley award-winning novelThe Plucker."A+ ~ A book for those who love stories with rich, deep histories, with detailed descriptions that make you feel like you were there. Not for readers looking for a gushy love story, or driveling characters that need a significant other to make up their minds for them. Death Watch is for lovers of literature, those readers who revel in the velvety texture of words as they roll off the tongue. It is for those who read aloud at night to empty rooms, just to hear each line sing. This will go on my shelf of favorites..." --little squeed blog"If any book deserves crazy hype and buzz, it's this one. Simply put, this one of the most original and atmospheric reads I have come across this year. The writing is gorgeous. The descriptive passages are out of this world. And the characters? Oh. My. God." --Kara Malinczak, Great Imaginations