Whited Sepulcher

The dust covering Rusk Mills isn't chalk. It's what remains of the forgotten dead.

Enoch Rusk is a man defined by debt and calculation. When he inherits Rusk Mills from an estranged uncle, he sees it only as a ledger to be balanced. Located in a sodden valley in northern England, the massive, windowless Victorian structure has ground "calcium phosphate" for the ceramics industry for over a century.

But from the moment Enoch steps into the valley, he tastes the grit in the air. A fine, sticky ...