{"product_id":"hex-9781250780935","title":"Hex","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is totally, brilliantly original.\" --Stephen King \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"HEX is creepy and gripping and original, sure to be one of the top horror novels of 2016.\" --George R.R. Martin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, \u003ci\u003eHex, \u003c\/i\u003e from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watch\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into dark, medieval practices of the distant past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This chilling novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in mainstream horror and dark fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Olde Heuvelt (1983) is the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHEX\u003c\/i\u003e. The lauded novel was published in over twenty-five countries around the world and is currently in development for TV by Gary Dauberman and James Wan. Olde Heuvelt, whose last name in Dutch dialect means \"Old Hill,\" was the first ever translated author to win a Hugo Award for his short fiction. He lives in The Netherlands and the south of France and is an avid mountaineer.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Nightfire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598954303762,"sku":"9781250780935","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67255076-9dba-4936-94df-d3d57de4aa16.jpg?v=1732194546","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hex-9781250780935","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}