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    Death's Backdoor
    Death's Backdoor
    Death's Backdoor
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    Death's Backdoor

    By Keegan Kozinski and Tristen Kozinski

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    Thomas died young, leaving behind a cherished but poor family. Now, his soul is wandering the vast realms of Death in pursuit of a distant hope. There is a way to escape Death and return to the living, but it is perilous and a single misstep would lead to the eradication of his essence. Nonetheless, Thomas must return to his loved ones with only the help of a child's soul and that of a bitter woman.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCROOKED HOUSE PUBLISHING
    Release dateJun 15, 2017
    ISBN9781386246909
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    Keegan Kozinski

    Loves reading, writing, drawing, walking, playing chess, board games, and occasionally video games. He enjoys listening to audio books while he draws and music while he writes.

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      Death's Backdoor - Keegan Kozinski

      By Keegan and Tristen Kozinski

      DEATH’S BACKDOOR

      THOMAS STAGGERED DOWN the last steps of the Bone Stair and collapsed. Get up. He told himself. Get up. Get up. GET UP. There was little urgency to the words; they were merely a command given to an exhausted body. Groaning deeply, Thomas dug his fingers into a crack and pulled himself up, the act leaving deep lacerations in already scarred flesh. He sat there panting for a long second, and then lifted his head to gaze along the beach of cracked stone. It ran infinitely to his left and right, a vista interrupted only by the wide, sweeping bottoms of the countless Bone Stairs. They all looked the same: high, white steps of ageless bone framed by an inky balustrade that climbed up the sheer mountain face and vanished in the stagnant mists. Thomas looked forward,

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