The Resurrectionist

The parallel tales of Nemo Johnston and Jacob Thacker come together to tell a deeply troubling story of the past that is inextricably tied to the present. When renovations at South Carolina Medical College uncover a history of graverobbing, particularly of deceased slaves, the institute's heads must decide how to (or whether to) place these events in their school's public image. Alongside the bureaucracy and politicking of the present-era College is the more visceral story of the deplorable practices themselves, made all the more intriguing by the fact that the graverobber himself was a slave, walking the bizarre line between forced labor and learned surgeon.

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