The Gracekeepers

A Novel

By: Kirsty Logan

Narrated by: Katy Townsend

For readers of The Night Circus and Station Eleven, a lyrical and absorbing debut set in a world covered by water

As a Gracekeeper, Callanish administers shoreside burials, laying the dead to their final resting place deep in the depths of the ocean. Alone on her island, she has exiled herself to a life of tending watery graves as penance for a long-ago mistake that still haunts her. Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining in exchange for sustenance.

In a world divided between those inhabiting the mainland ("landlockers") and those who float on the sea ("damplings"), loneliness has become a way of life for North and Callanish, until a sudden storm offshore brings change to both their lives--offering them a new understanding of the world they live in and the consequences of the past, while restoring hope in an unexpected future.

Inspired in part by Scottish myths and fairytales, The Gracekeepers tells a modern story of an irreparably changed world: one that harbors the same isolation and sadness, but also joys and marvels of our own age.

— Finalist, Lambda Literary Award

Exceptional, and amazing! Of course.

As with every other book written by this amazing and talented woman, I cannot say enough! It was riveting from beginning to end with memorable and beautifully realized characters! It’s too bad that five stars is the highest that can be given. I would recommend this book, or any other by Kirsty Logan.

Loved it

took me a minute to figure it out (think Waterworld) but once i did it was a great listen. loved the narrator's voice.