title: The Dead Shall Rise: a tale of the mountains
author: Melanie K. Hutsell
description: "This is the highest caliber of story-telling in the tradition of Thomas Hardy or Lee Smith, yet completely original as well, told in the unmistakable and singular voice of Hutsell, who has carefully crafted each sentence so that we know we're in the hands of the truest of writers. The Dead Shall Rise is a beauty." -Silas House author of Clay's Quilt and A Parchment of Leaves "Melanie Hutsell brings the mountain town of Beulah Creek to life. Ordinary people live ordinary lives until a stranger arrives among them. Walking away from a past that haunts her, she walks into a present that will haunt her and the rest of the town. Taking up residence in the Old Greenberry place, Malathy Joan gathers a circle of friends and begins to renew herself until the spirits of the dead and fallen stars take her away from the sphere of her true friends. Full of suspense and magical realism, The Dead Shall Rise creates a landscape, both gorgeous and ominous, for the reader's exploration." -Jane Hicks author of Driving with the Dead
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is
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  [Copyright](index_split_001.html#filepos242)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](index_split_003_split_000.html#filepos4826)
  
  
  [Chapter 1](index_split_004_split_000.html#filepos12984)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](index_split_005_split_000.html#filepos22827)
  
  
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