The Resurrectionist

by A. Rae Dunlap · 2024

In 1828 Edinburgh, idealistic Oxford graduate James Willoughby abandons his privileged life to chase a dream of becoming a surgeon. With no money for the coveted anatomy school, he strikes a desperate bargain with the charismatic dissectionist Nye MacKinnon, who introduces him to the shadowy world of the Resurrectionists—body‑snatchers who supply fresh corpses to the city’s elite medical faculty. As James and Nye navigate rival gangs, grisly thefts, and the perilous politics of the underworld, their partnership deepens into a forbidden love that threatens to unravel both their ambitions and their very survival. A gothic, twisty tale of ambition, mortality, and forbidden desire, set against the dark streets and graveyards of historic Edinburgh.