Join Tattered Cover as they celebrate Colorado native Kathleen Kaufman's new gothic fantasy: Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea!

Kathleen Kaufman joins us on Thursday, October 29th at 5:30 PM at our Aspen Grove location to talk about her new book, Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea!

Registration includes the following options:

• A signed Paperback copy of the book … OR
• A $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book Store

We will have a limited supply of additional books for guests to purchase in store. Only a book ticket guarantees you a copy.

This event includes an opportunity to meet the author, participate in an audience Q&A after the book talk, and get your book(s) signed and personalized. Photos with the author are welcome!

If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If you do not pick up the book by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store.

ABOUT THE BOOK

A marine biologist’s search for an undiscovered species of octopus leads her to an isolated island where long-buried memories rise like specters from the deep, intent on dragging her darkest truths to the surface…

Twenty nautical miles off the coast of Boston, Bell Island lies shrouded in fog, mystery, and legend. Historically a refuge for women fleeing the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials in the 1600s and a way station on the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves in the 1800s, the island is isolated and rumored to be haunted by spirits and . . . other things.

Microbial biologist Harper Hafdóttir ventures to Bell Island in search of evidence of a new species of octopus, Thalassa, possibly lurking beneath the swirling water’s surface. Along with her equipment and her luggage, Harper carries with her the burden of past trauma and vivid, recurring dreams.

Swept up in unexplained phenomena, from increased seismic activity and a boat-capsizing rogue wave to encounters with island creatures that defy explanation, Harper turns to the island’s venerated, if mysterious, mayor for answers. Lady Loreana Bell comes from a single matriarchal line that has ruled the island for 400 years—and seems to have been expecting Harper’s arrival.

It is within the walls of Bell Manor—its gothic grandeur matched only by the intensity of Harper’s deja vu—that she discovers the 1690 journal of a young woman in the grips of a religious cult. As a tsunami threatens the island, Harper finds herself on the verge of a revelation that will ultimately unlock the mystery of her haunted dreams and disclose her true purpose on Bell Island...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kathleen Kaufman is the bestselling author of magical realism and feminist gothic horror novels, including The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey, Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea, Hag, and the Diabhal trilogy. Screen Australia has optioned her novel The Lairdbalor for a feature-film adaptation helmed by award-winning director Nicholas Verso. A Colorado native and University of Southern California graduate, she currently works as an English instructor and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, son, kitten, and hound. Visit her online at KathleenKaufman.com.