"Narrator Avi Roque delivers a perfectly paced performance in this concise audiobook...holding listeners hostage until the house reveals its terrifying secrets." -AudioFile Magazine

From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."

When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania.

What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her brother Roderick is consumed with a mysterious malady of the nerves.

Aided by a redoubtable British mycologist and a baffled American doctor, Alex must unravel the secret of the House of Usher before it consumes them all.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.


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“The audiobook told by Avi Roque is pleasant.” -BuzzFeed

“Narrator Avi Roque excels in this concise audiobook…to capture the listener’s hostage until the house reveals its terrible secret.” – Plaintiff’s Magazine

Twisted’s award-winning author T. Kingfisher, from The Twisted Dead, is moving about Edgar Allan Poe’s classic The Fall of usher of usher of the House of usher.

When retired soldier Alex Easton receives their childhood friend Madeline Usher, they race to the ancestors of the remote countryside of Ruritania.

What they found was a nightmare of fungal growth and possessed wildlife surrounding a dark pulsating lake. Madeline sleeps at night, speaking in a strange voice, and her brother Roderick is consumed by mysterious neurological disorders.

With the help of an incredible British mycologist and a confusing American doctor, Alex must uncover the secrets of Us Palace before consuming everyone.

Macmillan audio production by Tor Nightfire.

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