In the Beginning — Philippa Ballantine

From the author of Geist, and Kindred and Wings, and the co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.

This short story is set in the world of the Deacons of the Order, before the time of the novels, Geist (In Germany Der verfluchte Prinz), Spectyr, Wrayth and Harbinger.

It tells the story of the first day of the Break, when the undead come in the world of Arkaym, and the horror they bring with them. One small village is caught in the chaos of that day. Some will live, and some will find new purpose.