Calder is a Fetch – the chosen dead that guide most souls to Heaven. They’re specially chosen, but Calder has always wondered if his being chosen was a mistake. One day, he arrives at the death bed of a baby, and falls in love with the baby’s nanny. This causes a sequence of events that will see Calder wander the earth, trying to get back to heaven.
I did not expect this story to turn into another lost Grand Duchess Anatasia story. In fact, I almost put it down when it started going in that direction, but there was just enough story there to keep me going through to the end. Still, I’m vaguely disappointed that that’s what the story turned out to be, because the premise seemed more interesting than that.