{"product_id":"in-perpetuity-9781603095372","title":"In Perpetuity","description":"\u003cb\u003eIt's a surreal smuggling operation across the boundaries of life and death in the latest moody mystery from award-winning graphic novelists Peter \u0026amp; Maria Hoey.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Afterlife is just as the ancient Greeks imagined: an endless twilight where time stands still in perpetuity and shades have nowhere to go. For Jim, that means long shifts at a gas station, with only crossword puzzles and cigarettes to break the tedium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne day, two criminal shades from Jim's past come to collect a debt. They've tracked him down for something he didn't know he had: the ability to cross back into the living world. It's a rare gift, and they intend to exploit it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring Jim's first crossing back into sunny California, he meets Olivia, who is dying on an Echo Park sidewalk. Pulling her back from the edge of death, he strikes a connection that will run deeper than either can imagine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim weaves back and forth between the Afterlife and Los Angeles, desperately trying to evade the criminals' plot. But he and Olivia are pulled into a web of deceit and murder that reaches across both L.A. and the A.L., and ultimately to Hades himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a heady blend of film noir and Greek mythology, \u003ci\u003eIn Perpetuity\u003c\/i\u003e reveals both the human capacity for self-deception and the endurance of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter and Maria Hoey make pictures together. Trading back and forth from their studios in Northern California and New York, the brother-and-sister artists draw for publications of all kinds. They also write, draw, and design the Eisner-nominated comic series \u003ci\u003eCoin-Op\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2022, their books \u003ci\u003eAnimal Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bend of Luck\u003c\/i\u003e were published by Top Shelf Productions. This is their third graphic novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Top Shelf Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613077770514,"sku":"9781603095372","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f2c3bf3-d246-4eb3-8cdb-9bf4c2d1b4ba.jpg?v=1732386695","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-perpetuity-9781603095372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}