The Keeper Chronicles

The Keeper Chronicles starts out somewhat mysteriously as the main character encounters many ghosts as he returns to where the keepers live. Curiosity drove my reading, to find out what he had done, why he was haunted, why he had unwillingly returned. He was looking for an antidote but he can't seem to find it. At every step he reflects on his overwhelming guilt, regret, and longing to return to his life of a year ago when his beloved was alive and healthy. About half an hour in, I barely knew anything about this character except that he was a keeper and that he was deeply attached to his wife, so deeply that he committed great atrocities (which were skimmed over, but definitely did not endear him to me) so that she would not die of a snake's poison. My disgust and detachment overcame my curiosity and returned the book.