A whole host of the dead gathered before me, their numbers stretching back into the shadows, back into the past. They did not speak but only watched me, and a kind of peace came over me, as if the hand of a young woman had touched me gently in the night, whispering to me that I should sleep.
for now
And beside the rail, where the old man had sat with his dog, where my mother had leaned, still beautiful despite the years, I stood and felt their eyes upon me. A small hand gripped mine and when I looked down I could almost see her, radiant and new, a small beauty revealed against the gentle luminosity of the snow.
And a hand touched my cheek and soft lips met mine, and a voice said:
sleep
And I slept.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A number of individuals assisted me with information and advice in the course of writing this book. I wish to particularly thank Rodney Laughton, historian and proprietor of the Breakers Inn at Higgins Beach, Scarborough; Bullwinkle's Guide Service in Greenville, Maine; Chief Duane Alexander of the Greenville Police Department; and Quark, Inc., in New York, for providing details of security technology. Bernd Heinrich's A Year in the Maine Woods (Addison-Wesley, 1994); The Coast of Maine by Louise Dickinson Rich (Down East Books, 1993); Coastal Maine: A Maritime History by Roger F. Duncan (Norton, 1992); and Fiasco by Frank Partnoy (Profile, 1997) also proved especially valuable. Any mistakes are my own.
On a more personal note, I would like to thank Anne and Catherine, who read this book in its early stages, and my family and Ruth, for their advice and support. I am indebted, as always, to my editor at Hodder & Stoughton, Sue Fletcher; Emily Bestler, my editor at Simon & Schuster; and, finally, to Kerith Biggs, my foreign rights agent, and my agent and friend, Darley Anderson.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Connolly's first novel, Every Dead Thing, received the Shamus Award for Best First Novel in 1999 and was lauded a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year. It was also a bestseller in Britain and Ireland. John Connolly is a regular contributor to The Irish Times and has traveled extensively in the United States. He lives in Dublin, Ireland, where he is at work on his next book. For more information, see his Web site at www.johnconnolly.co.uk.
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