{"product_id":"the-book-of-dead-days-9780385747042","title":"The Book of Dead Days","description":"THE DAYS BETWEEN Christmas and New Year's Eve are dead days, when spirits roam and magic shifts restlessly just beneath the surface of our lives. A magician called Valerian must save his own life within those few days or pay the price for the pact he made with evil so many years ago. But alchemy and sorcery are no match against the demonic power pursuing him. Helping him is his servant, Boy, a child with no name and no past. The quick-witted orphan girl, Willow, is with them as they dig in death fields at midnight, and as they are swept into the sprawling blackness of a subterranean city on a journey from which there is no escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dead Days\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautifully paced and sometimes blood-soaked. . . . A very tangible sense of evil.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Subtle menace and power.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Packed with drama, mystery, and intrigue.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcus Sedgwick\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eFloodland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWitch Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Horse\u003c\/i\u003e. The author lives in Sussex, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rh Childrens Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410814931218,"sku":"9780385747042","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47612053-8c1e-4efa-a15d-1053e7c2367a.jpg?v=1729308757","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-dead-days-9780385747042","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}