{"product_id":"black-lightning-9780449225042","title":"Black Lightning","description":"\u003cb\u003eJohn Saul knows how to make the blood run cold and the heart race wild with fear. Now the author of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eCreature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Homing\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a chilling novel of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death--and hell-bent on revenge.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor five years Seattle journalist Anne Jeffers has pursued the horrifying story of a sadistic serial killer's bloody reign, capture, trial, and appeal--crusading to keep the wheels of justice churning toward the electric chair. Now the day of execution has come. A convicted killer will meet his end. Anne believes her long nightmare is over. But she's dead wrong. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWithin days, a similar murder stuns the city. As the butcher stalks his next victims, creeping ever closer to her, Anne is seized by an icy unease, a haunting sense of connection to these unspeakable crimes. And, relentlessly, she hears the eerie echo of the dead man's last words to her: \"Today won't end it. How will you feel, Anne? When I'm dead, and it all starts again, how will you feel?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Black Lightning, \u003c\/i\u003e John Saul strikes with a novel as electrifying as a jagged bolt from a pitch-dark sky, proving once again his inimitable genius for suspense. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlack Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His most effective thriller to date . . .  a] compelling read.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Electrifyingly scary.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of Saul's best.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Saul, the author of seventeen novels of terror and supernatural suspense, lives in the state of Washington and on the island of Maui.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872640667922,"sku":"9780449225042","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d61aa569-7db2-4b69-9d41-ed011df90225.jpg?v=1737903789","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-lightning-9780449225042","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}