TY - BOOK AU - Brockmeier,Kevin TI - The brief history of the dead SN - 9780719568305 (pbk.) PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - John Murray KW - Death KW - Fiction KW - Epidemics KW - Future life KW - Wilderness survival KW - Antarctica KW - Psychological fiction KW - Fantasy fiction KW - gsafd N2 - Laura Byrd is in trouble. Marooned in one of the most remote places in the world, she awaits her friends who set out in search of help. Now it is clear they are not coming back. Meanwhile, in another city, more and more people arrive each day, all with a story to tell - and this city of the dead has a direct link with Laura's plight ER -