Melmoth

<p><strong>From the internationally bestselling author of <em>The Essex Serpent--</em>soon to be an Apple TV+ Series</strong></p><p><strong>Masterful...scary and smart working as a horror story but also a philosophical inquiry into the nature of will and love. Perry did as much in her richly praised novel <em>The Essex Serpent </em> but this is a deeper more complex novel and more rewarding.--<em>The Washington Post</em></strong></p><p>In <em>Melmoth</em> Sarah Perry's breathtaking follow-up to <em>The Essex Serpent</em> a mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe for centuries searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history's darkest waters--and now it is heading in our direction.</p><p>It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague working as a translator she has found a home of sorts--or at least refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it Melmoth travels through the ages dooming those she persuades to join her to a damnation of timeless itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy.</p><p>But unaware as she wanders the cobblestone streets Helen is being watched. And then Karel disappears....</p>