The Resurrectionist

By: A. R. Meyering

Narrated by: Alan R. Gron

Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

In 19th century Scotland, surgeon Edgar Price has only days to live. He has become host to a revenant that will corrode both his body and soul. Edgar’s fatal mistake has not only doomed him, but also released six more of these malignant wraiths onto the world. In his remaining time, he has vowed to stop the revenants from claiming other victims.

His perilous travels lead him to the Witches’ Wood, a haven for a sisterhood of powerful enchantresses. There he meets Ainsley, a witch with a fiery spirit and strong distrust of outsiders. She too is racing against the clock to save her life and will go to any lengths to spare her lover Colleen from the grief of losing her. Despite their mutual dislike, Edgar and Ainsley find that the only way to traverse the twisted, otherworldly labyrinths that the revenants have created is to work together. Their mission becomes further complicated when Edgar begins to develop strong feelings for Fana, the guardian goddess of the Wood, in spite of Ainsley’s forbidding warnings to stay far away from her.

Horror and fantasy intermingle in this imagined continuation to the true story of the Burke and Hare murders.

"A.R. Meyering’s The Resurrectionist is a thriller firing on all cylinders. Lit by gaslights, haunted by the past and the long dead, the witchcraft, the protagonists, not to mention Scotland’s turn of the century setting, will delight readers. Part high Romance, part supernatural thriller, The Resurrectionist dives into a rabbit hole of magic and secrecy that will keep readers flipping pages long into the night." (Stephen Scott Whitaker, member of the National Book Critics Circle, author, and managing editor for The Broadkill Review)

"The raw beauty of The Resurrectionist is more than the intricate world of hidden magic Meyering builds, or the complex characters, both good and bad, so easy to bond to and commiserate with. It's the very real and frightening possibility that such chaos can come of a single decision made in anger by an individual. At its heart, The Resurrectionist is about the power of choice and consequence, and the very real horror one can inadvertently unleash upon the world. " (Lisa Gail Green, author of The Gallows House)

"The real-life story of the infamous body snatchers, Burke and Hare, is the inspiration for AR Meyering’s The Resurrectionist, a sophisticated, lush, and engaging fantasy novel. It offers the perfect touch of Gothic horror, along with thought-provoking ideas, an elegant use of fantasy, and well-drawn characters whose humanity is the perfect counterpoint to the evil of their adversaries." (Victoria Gilbert, author of the Blue Ridge Library Mystery series and the Mirror of Immortality series)

"Meyering's world fluctuates between Barker-esque scenes and Dostoyevskian guilt-complexes with such ease that one wonders whether the The Resurrectionist can function as a concise, thoughtful novel - but it does, and it's a bloody good time." (Walker Zupp, author of Martha)

©2020 Montag Press (P)2020 Alexandra Meyering

a happy accident

I really enjoyed this book - it was actually a happy accident for me. I listened to this as part of a book club - I had wanted to read a different book of the same title but we ended up with this somehow on accident. I'm glad we did! I felt sucked into both the familiar human world and the supernatural world created. The only drawback for me was parts of the narration. It felt a little hard to listen to the narrator play the women's voices.

Loved it

I loved the dark thematic elements and actually found myself getting into the heads of all the characters. The ambiguity of what drives them made each character interesting, especially how the villains became that way in the first place! I recommend this book and couldn’t stop listening!

Creepy Fun

An entertaining take on a macabre story from Victorian England. The characters are likable and different, and the story flows along well. You get pretty well wrapped up in the young doctor's plight of being the unfortunate guy in the wrong place at the really wrong time. I like the way the story moves into the world of witches and spells, then ties both the main stories together in the satisfying conclusion. Different yet classic in form.

The Resurrectionist

This book was fantastic!I could barely put it down! Due to a curse, Edgar has a day to live.As he travels to the not so nice part of town looking for a cure,he finds his thoughts and life changing.Alon,R Gron was a wonderful narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.' 

Captivating, entrancing.

Thit review headline only gives it two words that make this a phenomenal story, along with Allen Gron's narration, it was beyond any fantasy nover I've have the opportunity to read. This was fabulous. I was given a free copy of this book by the auther, in exchange for a nonbiased review, and this is definitely a 5 star read. If you like epic fantasy where you get attached to the characters, drawn into another world entirely and hate to see it end, you're going to love this one. This will stay with me for a while to come. As, all good books and stories do, it will ring in memory for a very long time. Thumbs up all the way to AR Miering for an excellent story.

The Resurrectionist

This was an interesting take on historically factual people. It was really a sort of love story wrapped around horrific plotlines and details. At times I was entranced with the settings and story, at times I wondered if I would get through it before moving on to another book for a time. It was not that the book wasn't good. The writing was really good, the character interactions were really good as well... it just may not have been my kind of book. I got the audiobook to review and Alan R Gron was fantastic IMO. I am giving it 4* even with the mixed review because despite my indecision over the content, structurally and narratively this was a very good book.

I was given this book for free at my request for this honest review.