Evening's Empire
Tor, Apr 2003, 15.95, 352 pp.
ISBN: 0765302977
Needing closure by burying the specter of his wife who accidentally fell off the cliffs near Empire, Oregon, Russell Kent returns to the village with plans to compose an opera focusing on Jules Verne's Captain Nemo. However, ghosts haunt his sleep as he dreams of his deceased spouse as well as the town and its residents.
Feeling a bit guilty, Russell has an affair with Megan Sumner, the owner of ...