Waking the Dead – Book Two of The Dead Series
- 2020 Royal Palm Literary Award Gold Medal for Best Published Fantasy
- 2020 InD’tale Magazine RONE Award 1st Runner Up for Best Long Paranormal
- 2021 National Excellence in Story Telling (NEST) 3rd Place Award for Best Paranormal
Hyacinth always assumed dying would simplify her life. But when her new boss, Archangel Michael, sends her on her first official mission—to retrieve a powerful rock from a collector in Germany—things go downhill fast. For one thing, the Dead keep popping up, expecting her to guide them to the Afterlife. For another, her part-demon nephew Geordi’s powers are starting to leak out, at age seven. What if Michael finds out about him? Worse, what if Satan does?
Then there’s her love life-after-death. Rooming with a dead French cop no one else can see is complicated enough. But when Jason, Geordi’s lying Dioguardi Demon cousin, resurrects himself—so to speak—all Hell breaks loose. Literally. Can Hyacinth get Michael’s rock back before Satan steals its powers and breaks free of his prison? Or will her single-minded pursuit put those she loves—and the rest of the world—in the path of Satan’s fury?
About Kerry Blaisdell (Portland, Oregon Author)
Kerry Blaisdell is the award-winning author of The Dead Series, including DEBRIEFING THE DEAD—2019 Royal Palm Literary Award Gold Medal for Best Published Fantasy, 2019 InD’tale Magazine RONE Award for Best Long Paranormal, 2020 Readers Favorite Bronze Medal for Best Urban Fantasy, and 2019 Romance Writers of America RITA® Award finalist—and its sequel, WAKING THE DEAD, winner of the 2020 Royal Palm Literary Award Gold Medal for Best Published Fantasy and 2020 RONE Award 1st Runner Up for Best Long Paranormal, which InD’tale Magazine recommends for “fans of television shows like ‘Constantine’ or ‘Supernatural.’”
She also writes award-winning Romantic Suspense (PUBLISH OR PERISH, a Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize Quarterfinalist) and Historical Mystery. She has a Bachelor of Arts from U.C. Berkeley in Comparative Literature (French/Medieval English), and a Master’s in Teaching English and Advanced Mathematics from the University of Portland. Kerry lives in the gorgeous Pacific Northwest with her family, assorted cats and dogs, and more hot pepper plants than anyone could reasonably consume.
Connect with Kerry online at http://kerryblaisdell.com, where you can (sometimes!) find her on social media, or sign up for her Very Occasional Mailing List.
