{"product_id":"dreadful-company-9780316434638","title":"Dreadful Company","description":"\u003cb\u003eA witty, charming fantasy adventure starring Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, whose family has been keeping the supernatural community not-alive and well for generations.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, is unexpectedly called to Paris to present at a medical conference, she expects nothing more exciting than professional discourse on zombie reconstructive surgery and skin disease in bogeymen―and hopefully at least one uneventful night at the Opera. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unfortunately for Greta, Paris happens to be infested with a coven of vampires -- and not the civilized kind. If she hopes to survive, Greta must navigate the darkest corners of the City of Lights, the maze of ancient catacombs and mine-tunnels underneath the streets, where there is more to find than simply dead men's bones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the Dr. Greta Helsing Novels: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An exceptional and delightful debut, in the tradition of\u003ci\u003e Good Omens\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Night in the Lonesome October\u003c\/i\u003e.\"―Elizabeth Bear, Hugo-award winning author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Shaw balances an agile mystery with a pitch-perfect, droll narrative and cast of lovable misfit characters. These are not your mother's Dracula or demons.\"―\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Greta Helsing Novels\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange Practice \u003cbr\u003e Dreadful Company \u003cbr\u003e Grave Importance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVivian Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e wears way too many earrings and likes edged weapons and expensive ink. She was born in Kenya and has lived in Cardiff, Oxford, and Baltimore. She has a BA in art history, an MFA in creative writing and publishing arts, and currently works as a professional freelance editor and proofreader. She writes about monsters, both in and out of classic horror literature; machines, extant and fantastical; disasters and their causes; and found family. She is the author of the Dr. Greta Helsing contemporary fantasy trilogy, \u003ci\u003eStrange Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDreadful Company\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGrave Importance\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fiction\/horror fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eUncanny\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePseudopod\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orbit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726077235474,"sku":"9780316434638","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_253ce27a-dfd5-4f80-a1b4-4f7acab3225f.jpg?v=1734853562","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dreadful-company-9780316434638","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}