{"product_id":"those-who-dwell-below-9781772272352","title":"Those Who Dwell Below","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaunted by the vicious creatures of his recent past, Pitu tries to go back to a normal life at home after the other-worldly travels and near-death encounters of his recent disappearance into the world of the spirits.\u003c\/strong\u003e But Pitu knows that there is more work to be done, and more that he must learn in his new role as a shaman. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen word of a starving village nearby reaches Pitu, he must go help its people appease the angry spirits. It soon becomes clear that Pitu must travel to the bottom of the ocean to meet Nuliajuk, the vengeful woman below, one of the most powerful beings in Inuit mythology. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere he learns about his role in saving the starving community and that all in his home camp may not be as it seems . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAviaq Johnston\u003c\/strong\u003e is a young Inuk author from Igloolik, Nunavut. Her debut novel \u003cem\u003eThose Who Run in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e was released in the spring of 2017. In 2014, she won first place in the Aboriginal Arts and Stories competition for her short story \"Tarnikuluk,\" which also earned her a Governor General's History Award. Aviaq is a graduate of Nunavut Sivuniksavut, and she has a diploma in Social Service Work from Canadore College. Aviaq loves to travel and has lived in Australia and Vietnam. She spends most of her time reading, writing, studying, and procrastinating. She goes back and forth between Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Ottawa, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom his early days of reading sci-fi and fantasy books, \u003cstrong\u003eToma Feizo Gas\u003c\/strong\u003e has been fascinated with the dramatic scenes portrayed on the covers of those books. There started his lifelong love affair with telling stories through pictures. Today, Toma's key influence remains the people in these stories, the motives that drive us, and the decisions that shape us, propelling him to craft bold visual statements and contrast in his own art. As a career illustrator, his work can be found gracing the pages and covers of titles such as \u003cem\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePathfinder\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMutant Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e role playing games, as well as several upcoming fantasy novel series.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJaypeetee Arnakak\u003c\/strong\u003e is a linguist, translator, and educator. He spent many years as a policy analyst specializing in Inuit culture, language and education issues. He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eUnikkaaqtuat Qikiqtaninngaaqtut\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of thirty-three versions of traditional stories, transcribed and edited from oral recordings of ten Inuit elders from two High Arctic communities, Arctic Bay and Igloolik. He has also adapted several traditional Inuit stories into children's storybooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Inhabit Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433094025490,"sku":"9781772272352","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_94e6d5d8-ea83-4769-8774-5c0dca04f788.jpg?v=1729559748","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/those-who-dwell-below-9781772272352","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}