title: The Dreadmire Chronicles: Knight of the Demon Tree
author: Elizabeth Donald
description: Elizabeth Donald's first novel, a vampire mystery titled Nocturnal Urges, was published in 2004. It won the Darrell Award and was a finalist for the Prism Award. The sequel, titled A More Perfect Union, was released in 2005. Both books were combined in a trade paperback titled, Nocturne. The third vampire book, Abaddon, won the Darrell Award as well. Elizabeth has written a number of short stories and essays that have appeared in a variety of online and print publications. One such story, Wonderland, won the Darrell Award in 2006. Her short-story collection, Setting Suns, was also published in 2006. Current projects include The Cold Ones, a zombie novella coming out in fall 2009. In the real world, Elizabeth is a newspaper reporter in the St. Louis are, and writes CultureGeek, a pop-culture review blog &amp; column.
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  # The Morgesons
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  PREFACE.
  
  
  CHAPTER I.
  
  
  CHAPTER II.
  
  
  CHAPTER III.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV.
  
  
  CHAPTER V.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX.
  
  
  CHAPTER X.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV.
  
  
  CHAPTER XV.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX.
  
  
  CHAPTER XX.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIV.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXV.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVI.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIX.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXX.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXI.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXIV.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXV.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXVI.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXVII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXVIII.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXXIX.
  
  
  CHAPTER XL.
  
  
  CHAPTER XLI.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
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  THE MORGESONS
  
  
  A Novel
  
  
  BY ELIZABETH STODDARD
  
  
  1901
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Time is a clever devil