{"product_id":"where-the-dead-wait-9798891641204","title":"Where the Dead Wait","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn eerie, atmospheric \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolar Gothic following a Victorian explorer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ein search of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e his lost shipmate and his own redemption--from the author of the \"vivid, immersive\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) horror novel \u003ci\u003eAll the White Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Day should be an acclaimed Arctic explorer. But after a failed expedition, in which his remaining men only survived by eating their dead comrades, he returned in disgrace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirteen years later, his second-in-command, Jesse Stevens, has gone missing in the same frozen waters. Perhaps this is Day's chance to restore his tarnished reputation by bringing Stevens----the man who's haunted his whole life--back home. But when the rescue mission becomes an uncanny journey into his past, Day must face up to the things he's done. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbandonment. Betrayal. Cannibalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAboard ship, Day must also contend with unwanted passengers: a reporter obsessively digging up the truth about the first expedition, as well as Stevens's wife, a spirit-medium whose séances both fascinate and frighten. Following a trail of cryptic messages, gaunt bodies, and old bones, their search becomes more and more unnerving, as it becomes clear that the restless dead are never far behind. \u003ci\u003eSomething is coming through.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlly Wilkes, the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eAll the White Spaces \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhere the Dead Wait\u003c\/i\u003e, grew up in a succession of isolated--possibly haunted--country houses and boarding schools. After studying law at Oxford, she went on to spend eleven years as a criminal barrister. Ally now lives in Greenwich, London, with an anatomical human skeleton and far too many books about polar exploration. You can follow Ally on Twitter @UnheimlichManvr or on Instagram @AV_Wilkes.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Center Point","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643176292626,"sku":"9798891641204","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4aff5a7b-bd18-4090-bbb5-7178d0d11197.jpg?v=1745860036","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/where-the-dead-wait-9798891641204","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}