{"product_id":"the-night-shift-9789083622118","title":"The Night Shift","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonster hunting in Belgium anno 2014: no pay, no backup, no clue.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManu is an anxious biomedical sciences student suffocating under middle-class respectability who lies to everyone about everything. Anthony is a bathroom store manager with a short fuse and a crowbar, one abusive boss away from unemployment and financial ruin. Together they fight the monstrous things that come out at night. Not because they want to-because five years ago, they watched their predecessor die, and there's no one else to do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crop circles and rifts tearing open across their city don't care about their problems. And when one of them gets dragged into the fairy world, the other goes in after him, and discovers the things they've been fighting have been holding back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded urban fantasy for readers tired of Chosen Ones: just two ordinary young men in Namur, Belgium, who fight monsters with homemade weapons, empty bank accounts, and no idea what they're doing-European realism meets contemporary fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVermeer, Daphne A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Daphne A. Vermeer (1989- ) is an author of literary speculative fiction that explores the everyday consequences and moral complexities of extraordinary circumstances. Her character-driven stories blend genre work and European literary realism traditions, following protagonists who navigate supernatural worlds while grappling with very human concerns - from ancient vampires attending church to monster hunters worrying about rent money. Set across Europe, her work finds psychological depth in the spaces between the magical and the mundane.Daphne has settled in Belgium with her Greek husband, overly energetic dog, and more houseplants than is probably advisable.\"","brand":"Maison Miree","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52128907428114,"sku":"9789083622118","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60801a71-3680-4013-b963-a18e3fd808ac.jpg?v=1773823723","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-night-shift-9789083622118","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}