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Every night, the newly departed travel through the city to the Station, guided by its lighthouse. There, they reckon with their lives before stepping aboard a boat to go beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Nera has spent decades watching her father &#8211; the ferryman of the dead &#8211; sail across the lake, every night just like the last.<\/p>\n<p>But tonight something is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The Station&#8217;s lighthouse has started to flicker out. The terrifying, ghostly Haunts have multiplied in the city. And now a person &#8211; a <i>living<\/i> person &#8211; has found her way onto the boat.<\/p>\n<p>Her name is Charlie. She followed a song. 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