false 3920088 2 A supernatural love story set in Imperial Russia.<BR><BR>"There's something not right about you," said Ana. She wasn't teasing him. She was concerned about what she detected behind his eyes. This made Calder's skin tingle. "You're not telling me something."<BR> She was uncanny. Calder silently prayed she could not see how he had broken his Vows and upset her world and his own.<BR> "You're lonely," she told him. "It must be hard to pretend all the time."<BR> He felt a wave of sadness, sudden and deep.<BR> "Don't be afraid," she told him. "Everyone has a secret. I'll keep yours."<BR><BR>Calder is a Fetch, a death escort, the first of his kind to step from Heaven back to Earth. <BR>The first to fall in love with a mortal girl. <BR>But when he climbs backward out of that Death Scene, into the chaos of the Russian Revolution, he tears a wound in the ghost realm where the spirits begin a revolution of their own. 3965558 2 2 2009 The Fetch total:336|5:33|4:80|3:120|2:68|1:35| 336 1016 964 123 3 2 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 18 08:29:21 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 12 14:14:51 -0800 2009
however, at the deathbed of a young alexis romanov, calde...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Dec 03 16:11:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 16:13:53 -0800 2008
Throw out any notion you have of the scary, scythe-bearing Grim Reaper and replace it with The Fetch.

A Fetch is a death escort, a comforting guide who waits while the soul chooses whether or not to leave its mortal body. Upon choo...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 18:13:37 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 08:32:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 16 06:53:10 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 20:04:43 -0700 2008
The Good: The lyrical ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 18:03:37 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 18:03:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:20:38 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:33:15 -0700 2009 involves famous historical figures? That takes NERVE, man. NERVE.

Calder has been dead for 300 years. He is a "Fetch" -- a person who personally escorts the newly deceased int...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Jun 21 07:55:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 08:01:30 -0700 2009 The concept of the Fetch, a being who comes to bring souls to heaven was an interesting one and the description of what happens when he brings them over was well done but ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 15:55:56 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 15:55:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 15:44:55 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 14:49:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 14:33:22 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 10:25:48 -0700 2009 1
Calder is a Fetch, a Death-escort, and not a very good one in his own opinion. He breaks his holy Vows to pursue a human woman and ends up running away fro...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 15 22:19:12 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 22:56:49 -0800 2009
I would recommend this to anyone who likes historical fiction, teen or adult. It is not limited to YA only. It's set during the Russian Revolution and it explores the possibility that young Alexis and Anast...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 22:44:13 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 22:48:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 02 07:15:24 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 08:41:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 12:35:35 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 19:50:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 12:35:35 -0700 2009 Calder is a Fetch, an otherworldly escort who appears to people on death's door. If a soul decides that it is ready to die, it is his job to use his key to open a door, through which lays the path to heaven. In general the living can not see him, and he is not to interfere with the soul's decision. ...

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Calder has been a fetch for hundreds of years without a thought of ever of misbehaving. Until now, when he sees a beautiful red-heade...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 08:52:24 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 13:53:37 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 15:58:35 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 18:56:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3920088