Ari Berk

The Undertaken Trilogy

1 - Death Watch (Nov-2011)
2 - Mistle Child (Feb-2013)
3 - Lych Way (Feb-2014)

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  The Runes of Elfland
  

  • Oct-2003
  • / Fantasy
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  The fantasy artist interprets the runes of Celtic origin, diving headlong into the fertile land of myth and lore about faeries, elves, and creatures of the forest, collecting these stories into a single compelling volume that is sprinkled generously ...

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  Brian Froud's Goblins!
  

  • Oct-2004
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  The illustrator of the popular Pressed Fairy albums and the author of The Runes of Elfland share their collaborative "investigations" into the maleficent world of goblins, in a nonsensical volume that profiles common goblin traits and offers ...

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  Secret History of Giants
  

  • Oct-2008
  • / Fantasy
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  Are there giants among us? Find their story writ large in a lavish exploration touching on folklore and myth, truth and whimsy.
  
  Ancient Greece had its Titans, the Celts their Green Knight, the Bible Goliath -- and for those who know where to...

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  The Secret History of Mermaids and Creatures of the Deep
  

  • Sep-2009
  • / Fantasy
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  From the loremaster who brought us THE SECRET HISTORY OF GIANTS comes an intriguing new chronicle revealing the mysterious ways of merfolk.Since ancient times, seafarers and coast-dwellers the world over have reported encounters with merpeople. Vario...

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  Death Watch
  

  • Nov-2011
  • / Fantasy
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  The Undertaken Trilogy - 1
  

  They say the dead should rest in peace. Not all the dead agree. One night, Silas Umber's father Amos doesn't come home from work. Devastated, Silas learns that his father was no mere mortician but an Undertaker, charged with bringing The Peace to th...

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  Nightsong
  

  • Sep-2012
  • / General Fiction
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  A breathtaking picture book by award-winning author Ari Berk, illustrated by mega-bestseller Loren Long, about a young bat setting off into the world using only his good sense! Sense is the song you sing out into the world, and the song the worl...

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  The Secret History of Hobgoblins
  

  • Oct-2012
  • / Fantasy
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  Professor Ari Berk returns to reveal another trove of magical history to his avid readers: the history of the humble hobgoblin. Every house holds a mystery. Behind the door, beside the stove, under the stairs, along the roads -- Hobgoblins ha...

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  Mistle Child
  

  • Feb-2013
  • / Fantasy
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  The Undertaken Trilogy - 2
  

  In life, in death: family remains. Silas Umber has finally come into his own as the Undertaker of Lichport when a mysterious invitation calls him beyond the marshes to Arvale, the ancestral manor of the Umbers. There, his extended family endures, ...

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  Lych Way
  

  • Feb-2014
  • / Horror
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  The Undertaken Trilogy - 3
  

  In the conclusion to the Undertaken trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a thought-provoking gothic fantasy,” Silas must master his powers and confront a past that is anything but dead. Silas Umber has returned from Arvale, his family’s an...

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