{"product_id":"grandmother-spider-9780380803941","title":"Grandmother Spider","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lawman with a hardy appetite for life and an unshakable faith in the explicable, Southern Ute Acting Chief of Police Charlie Moon is not prepared to accept a purely supernatural explanation for the recent strange events of April 1. Nevertheless, something carried off Tommy Tonompicket and his unlikely drinking companion, research scientist William Pizinski, in the black chill of the Colorado night. And something ripped the head off a man outside a lonely cabin in the mountains...and left two large, fanglike punctures in his chest. And though Charlie's eccentric old aunt, the shaman Daisy Perika, claims the gargantuan avenging arachnid Grandmother Spider has risen up from the depths of Navajo Lake, the hulking, good-natured tribal policeman feels in his gut that this is murder, pure if not simple, and most probably by human hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoss, James D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - James D. Doss, recently retired from the technical staff of Los Alamos National Laboratory, now spends most of his time in a small cabin above Taos -- writing mystery fiction. He also travels to the fascinating locations where his stories take place, often camping in remote areas to absorb the impression of an Anasazi ruin, a deep canyon, an arid mesa, or a Sun Dance. His Shaman series includes \u003cem\u003eThe Shaman Sings\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Shaman Laughs\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Shaman's Bones\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Shaman's Game\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Night Visitor\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGrandmother Spider\u003c\/em\u003e. The unusual plots are a mix of high technology and mysticism (\u003cem\u003eShaman Sings\u003c\/em\u003e), bizarre animal mutilations (\u003cem\u003eShaman Laughs\u003c\/em\u003e), theft of a sacred artifact (\u003cem\u003eShaman's Bones\u003c\/em\u003e), an unprecedented form of murder and revenge at the Sun Dance (\u003cem\u003eShaman's Game\u003c\/em\u003e), a most peculiar haunting followed by the discovery of an astonishing fossil (\u003cem\u003eNight Visitor\u003c\/em\u003e), and -- because a small girl has killed a spider without performing the prescribed ritual -- the appearance of a monstrous, murderous, eight-legged creature on the reservation (\u003cem\u003eGrandmother Spider\u003c\/em\u003e, of course!).","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491705360658,"sku":"9780380803941","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1c947052-8acc-47cb-b064-b256a1f96b60.jpg?v=1730550954","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/grandmother-spider-9780380803941","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}