

If he had been alive, he might have been blinded.

Nevertheless, the light was so intense that it hammered into his retinas, shining off the white metal of the walls. They didn’t burn or water from the brightness.

T he light swallowed him up, and so did the ship. Rhett waited for his eyes to adjust, but they didn’t need to. And if she gets it, it could mean the end of everything… for both the living and the dead.Ĭhosen by readers like you for Macmillan’s young adult imprint Swoon Reads, The Soul Keepers is a pulse-pounding, cinematic adventure by debut author Devon Taylor. But then a new threat emerges, a demon who wants something that Rhett has. Rhett and his new friends have a hard enough time fighting back the monsters that grow bolder and more ferocious every day. But the crew must get the souls there, and along the way protect them from vicious soul-eating monsters that will stop at nothing to take the ship and all of its occupants. You’ll root for Rhett and his fellow reapers through every twist and turn!” -Rin Chupeco, author of The Bone Witch and The Girl from the Wellįull of danger, stormy otherworld seas, ghost ships, and terrifying monsters, this thrilling debut novel is perfect for fans of Taran Matharu and Neal Shusterman.Īfter dying in a terrible car accident, Rhett awakens in the afterlife and is recruited to join the crew of the Harbinger, a colossal seafaring vessel tasked with ferrying the souls of the dead. “A fantastic high-stakes adventure on a ghost ship sailing forever into eternity, where every soul is (literally) worth fighting for-what’s not to love? Devon Taylor weaves an endearing tale of friendship and loss with heart-stopping action and a whole lot of terrifying monsters.
