In a “Gothic stunner” a ghost roams through history in “a scary novel that chills to the bone even as it points the way to a warmer, more humane, place” (New York Times Book Review).
From the internationally bestselling author of The Essex Serpent, now an Apple TV+ Series starring Claire Danes
It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a sanctuary. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, who hunts her prey through the ages, dooming those she captures to timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy. But then Karel disappears . . .
Spanning continents and centuries, Sarah Perry’s breathtaking novel is a masterpiece of suspense as well as a profound investigation of the eternal nature of love and compassion.
