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Magrit, a solitary figure who dwells in an abandoned cemetery, creates a unique community with her compendium of bones and junk‑crafted Master Puppet. One quiet night, a stork drops a newborn into their bleak realm. Refusing to heed Master Puppet’s grim injunction to discard the child, Magrit decides to raise the baby, naming him Bugrat. Relying on her bond with Bugrat—who becomes brother, friend and son—she faces the specters of her hidden past and the looming consequences that the community and a newly discovered skeleton girl threaten when the truth eventually surfaces.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
Authors: Lee Battersby
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