The Wizard Earl

Imagine a novel set in Savannah, Georgia...


About a haunted bar called The Wizard Earl

Haunted?
Fact is, anyone who takes the trolley tour through the squares understands Savannah’s connection to the supernatural, my friend. That part’s easy.
In this town the haunt is everywhere; in every ward, every garden enclosure dripping with vines and Spanish moss that shout out the sunlight with their easy lushness. It’s all got that lovely haunt festering within.
You can see it while driving down Oglethorpe Avenue; practically talk to the ghosts as the sun comes slanting through the Spanish moss in the afternoon. You can hear it whispering to you from Colonial Park, or underneath the iron pathways of Factor’s Walk in the early morning. You can even smell it over on Calhoun Square where it blooms in verdant gardens of the homes like nests of Daddy Long-Legs, feasting in darkness where the light can no longer reach, even at high noon.

- Declan Fitzwilliam

The novel centers on the Fitzgerald Family of Savannah, who are in many ways typical of Fitzgeralds you will find anywhere



But they are direct descendants of the Geraldines of Kildare, and they bear a secret heritage, as glorious as it is tragic.



Every seven years, and every seven of sevens, the voice of The Wizard Earl comes to the Geraldines who hold the unknown bones of their ancestors in their possession.