{"product_id":"old-soul-9780593718308","title":"Old Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Historian \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eUnder the Skin \u003c\/i\u003ein this searingly provocative literary horror novel about one woman's determination to stay alive at any terrifying cost\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they've both brutally lost loved ones whose paths crossed with the same beguiling woman no one has seen since. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing traces this mysterious person left behind, Jake travels from country to country gathering chilling testimonies from others who encountered her across the decades--a trail of shattered souls that eventually leads him to Theo, a dying sculptor in rural New Mexico, who knows the woman better than anyone--and might just hold the key to who, or what, she is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart horror, part western, part thriller, \u003ci\u003e Old Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is a fearlessly bold and genre-defying tale about predation, morality and free will, and one man's quest to bring a centuries-long chain of human devastation to an end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Barker\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books. Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Incarnations, \u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and Notable Book, a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews' \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. An excerpt from \u003ci\u003eOld Soul\u003c\/i\u003e won a Northern Writers' Award for Fiction in 2020, as well as funding from Arts Council England and The Society of Authors. Susan currently lives in Manchester, where she is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967153373458,"sku":"9780593718308","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b15b35aa-4d2f-410e-9f8a-d2fb1687b61c.jpg?v=1768927660","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/old-soul-9780593718308","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}