{"product_id":"a-history-of-fear-9781982199036","title":"A History of Fear","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \"disorienting, creepy, paranoia-inducing reimagining of the devil-made-me-do-it tale\" (Paul Tremblay, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cabin at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e) follows the harrowing downfall of a tortured graduate student arrested for murder.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrayson Hale, the most infamous murderer in Scotland, is better known by a different name: the Devil's Advocate. The twenty-five-year-old American grad student rose to instant notoriety when he confessed to the slaughter of his classmate Liam Stewart, claiming the Devil made him do it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Hale is found hanged in his prison cell, officers uncover a handwritten manuscript that promises to answer the question that's haunted the nation for years: was Hale a lunatic, or had he been telling the truth all along? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first-person narrative reveals an acerbic young atheist, newly enrolled at the University of Edinburgh to carry on the legacy of his recently deceased father. In need of cash, he takes a job ghostwriting a mysterious book for a dark stranger--but he has misgivings when the project begins to reawaken his satanophobia, a rare condition that causes him to live in terror that the Devil is after him. As he struggles to disentangle fact from fear, Grayson's world is turned upside-down after events force him to confront his growing suspicion that he's working for the one he has feared all this time--and that the book is only the beginning of their partnership. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A modern-day Gothic tale with claws\" (Jennifer Fawcett, author of \u003ci\u003eBeneath the Stairs\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eA History of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e marries dread-inducing atmosphere with heart-palpitating storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuke Dumas\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eA History of Fear.\u003c\/i\u003e His nonfiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Hobart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Last Exit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. He received his master's degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh and is a graduate of the University of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620942713106,"sku":"9781982199036","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf09d474-f9ec-437c-9022-960f9e838dbb.jpg?v=1732576048","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-fear-9781982199036","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}