{"product_id":"strange-news-9798992867312","title":"Strange News","description":"\u003cp\u003eNewspaper columnist Selby Coates plans to spend his retirement watching vintage sci-fi and horror flicks with his one-eyed cat Pancake and having an occasional drink with friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThen he gets struck down by the Number Seven midtown bus.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalfway through Selby's final heartbeat, a mysterious woman called Laylah brings him back from the edge of death. Selby soon learns that this strange person has saved his life so he can serve as her pawn in a conflict with her equally uncanny sister, Doma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho-or what-are Laylah and Doma, and what do they have to do with Selby's father, who disappeared more than fifty years ago? What secrets from Selby's past threaten to destroy his future?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of friends like glamorous bartender Royal Freeborn, schoolteacher Barry Ratliffe, and the sinister Colonel Cabrera-L?pez, Selby intends to find out, even if it kills him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolcomb, David Lee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - David Lee Holcomb lives in rural northwest Arkansas with his husband, a herd of cats, a few chickens, and that thing that lives in the basement and growls at night. David plays the saxophone, raises orchids, teaches art, and writes novels. Not necessarily in that order.","brand":"David Lee Holcomb","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260089270546,"sku":"9798992867312","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_277cd2f3-fe08-4422-b586-69994f0fe856.jpg?v=1746636050","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strange-news-9798992867312","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}