The Witness for the Dead

The Witness for the Dead
Cover of first edition
AuthorKatherine Addison
Audio read byLiam Gerrard
LanguageEnglish
SeriesCemeteries of Amalo #1
GenreFantasy of manners
PublisherTom Doherty Associates
Publication date
June 22nd, 2021
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeprint (hardcover)
Pages240
ISBN978-0765387424
(hardcover 1st ed)
OCLC1191199581
813/.6
LC ClassPS3601.D4655 W58 2021
Preceded byThe Goblin Emperor 
Followed byThe Grief of Stones 

The Witness for the Dead is a fantasy novel written by the American author Sarah Monette under the pseudonym Katherine Addison, set in the same world as her award-winning earlier novel The Goblin Emperor. The book was first published in hardcover and ebook by Tor Books in June 2021, with an audio version issued simultaneously by MacMillan Audio and narrated by Liam Gerrard; a British edition was issued in trade paperback and ebook by Solaris in July of the same year with Liam Gerrard again narrating the audiobook.[1] The novel was well-received by critics.