{"product_id":"the-wild-inside-9780062742001","title":"The Wild Inside","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Wild Inside \u003c\/em\u003eis an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel -- think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King.\" --John Irving\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, that is a fusion of psychological thriller and coming-of-age tale in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Chris Bohjalian, and Mary Kubica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA natural born trapper and hunter raised in the Alaskan wilderness, Tracy Petrikoff spends her days tracking animals and running with her dogs in the remote forests surrounding her family's home. Though she feels safe in this untamed land, Tracy still follows her late mother's rules: Never Lose Sight of the House. Never Come Home with Dirty Hands. And, above all else, Never Make a Person Bleed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut these precautions aren't enough to protect Tracy when a stranger attacks her in the woods and knocks her unconscious. The next day, she glimpses an eerily familiar man emerge from the tree line, gravely injured from a vicious knife wound--a wound from a hunting knife similar to the one she carries in her pocket. Was this the man who attacked her and did she almost kill him? With her memories of the events jumbled, Tracy can't be sure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelping her father cope with her mother's death and prepare for the approaching Iditarod, she doesn't have time to think about what she may have done. Then a mysterious wanderer appears, looking for a job. Tracy senses that Jesse Goodwin is hiding something, but she can't warn her father without explaining about the attack--or why she's kept it to herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt soon becomes clear that something dangerous is going on . . . the way Jesse has wormed his way into the family . . . the threatening face of the stranger in a crowd . . . the boot-prints she finds at the forest's edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer family is in trouble. Will uncovering the truth protect them--or is the threat closer than Tracy suspects?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradbury, Jamey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBorn in Illinois, \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eJamey Bradbury has lived in Alaska for fifteen years, leaving only briefly to earn her MFA from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Winner of an Estelle Campbell Memorial Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters, she has published fiction in \u003cem\u003eBlack Warrior Review, Sou'wester, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eZone 3, \u003c\/em\u003e and she has written for the \u003cem\u003eAnchorage Daily News, \u003c\/em\u003e TheBillfold.com, and storySouth. Jamey lives in Anchorage, Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459915354386,"sku":"9780062742001","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_371e0a03-10bd-4124-8def-a3972d865dde.jpg?v=1730014897","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wild-inside-9780062742001","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}