"At once intimate and literally operatic, it's everything I love about Katherine Addison's writing, in ways I didn't know to expect. I loved it." —John ScalziKatherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, The Goblin Emperor, in this stand-alone sequel, The Witness for the DeadWhen the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his father’s Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no good to discover it. He lost his place as a retainer of his cousin the former Empress, and made far too many enemies among the many factions vying for power in the new Court. The favor of the Emperor is a dangerous coin.Now Celehar lives in the city of Amalo, far from the Court though not exactly in exile. He has not escaped from politics, but his position gives him the ability to serve the common people of the city, which is his preference. He lives modestly, but his decency and fundamental honesty will not permit him to live quietly. As a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing they felt. It is his duty to use that ability to resolve disputes, to ascertain the intent of the dead, to find the killers of the murdered.Celehar’s skills now lead him out of the quiet and into a morass of treachery, murder, and injustice. No matter his own background with the imperial house, Celehar will stand with the commoners, and possibly find a light in the darkness.Katherine Addison has created a fantastic world for these books—wide and deep and true.Book Review: The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison The Witness for the Dead is marketed as a standalone sequel to Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor, but to tell the truth, it's more of a THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD by Katherine Addison – Review The story revolves around an elven character named Thara Celehar, a Witness for the Dead who can “see” a newly dead person's last moments by Book: The Witness for the Dead | FanFare The Witness for the Dead June 24, 2021 8:23 AM - by Addison, Katherine - Subscribe. Thara Celahar (the same prelate of Ulis who investigated the death of 10 posts · This is the same world as the world in The Goblin King but the genre is actually different. The Witness for the Dead - Macmillan As a Witness for the Dead, he can, sometimes, speak to the recently dead: see the last thing they saw, know the last thought they had, experience the last thing Review: The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison There's irony in the above as I picked up The Witness for the Dead because I was hoping for more like The Goblin Emperor. But The Witness for The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison - Black Forest Thank you to Tor Books for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review! The Witness for the Dead will release on June 22nd, 2021. The Witness for the Dead: Volume 1 (The Cemeteries of The Witness for the Dead is Thara Celehar, who was responsible for unravelling the truth of the airship explosion at the start of the Goblin Emperor. It's