{"product_id":"welcome-to-night-vale-9780062351432","title":"Welcome to Night Vale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Hypnotic and darkly funny. . . . Belongs to a particular strain of American gothic that encompasses \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephen King and \u003cem\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/em\u003e, with a bit of \u003cem\u003eTremors\u003c\/em\u003e thrown in.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A splendid, weird, moving novel.\"-- NPR.org\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the creators of the wildly popular \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Night Vale\u003c\/em\u003e podcast comes an imaginative mystery of appearances and disappearances that is also a poignant look at the ways in which we all struggle to find ourselves. . . no matter where we live.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocated in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked \"KING CITY\" by a mysterious man in a tan jacket holding a deer skin suitcase. Everything about him and his paper unsettles her, especially the fact that she can't seem to get the paper to leave her hand, and that no one who meets this man can remember anything about him. Jackie is determined to uncover the mystery of King City and the man in the tan jacket before she herself unravels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNight Vale PTA treasurer Diane Crayton's son, Josh, is moody and also a shape shifter. And lately Diane's started to see her son's father everywhere she goes, looking the same as the day he left years earlier, when they were both teenagers. Josh, looking different every time Diane sees him, shows a stronger and stronger interest in his estranged father, leading to a disaster Diane can see coming, even as she is helpless to prevent it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiane's search to reconnect with her son and Jackie's search for her former routine life collide as they find themselves coming back to two words: \"KING CITY\". It is King City that holds the key to both of their mysteries, and their futures...if they can ever find it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCranor, Jeffrey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJeffrey Cranor cowrites the \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Night Vale\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWithin the Wires\u003c\/em\u003e podcasts. He also cocreates theater and dance pieces with choreographer\/wife Jillian Sweeney. They live in New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFink, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Fink\u003c\/strong\u003e is the creator of the \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Night Vale \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAlice Isn't Dead\u003c\/em\u003e podcasts, and the \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Night Vale, It Devours!, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home\u003c\/em\u003e (all written with Jeffrey Cranor), and \u003cem\u003eAlice Isn't Dead\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the author of the middle-grade novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Halloween Moon\u003c\/em\u003e. He and his wife, Meg Bashwiner, have written the memoir \u003cem\u003eThe First Ten Years\u003c\/em\u003e. They live together in the Hudson River Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610544050450,"sku":"9780062351432","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba798168-8984-4e0c-882d-821ac7dfdd70.jpg?v=1737290660","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/welcome-to-night-vale-9780062351432","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}