{"product_id":"a-child-alone-with-strangers-by-philip-fracassi-9781945863745","title":"A Child Alone with Strangers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen young Henry Thorne is kidnapped and held prisoner in a remote farmhouse surrounded by miles of forest, he finds himself connecting with a strange force living in the woods — using that bond to wreak havoc against his captors. Unknown to the boy, however, is that this ancient being has its own reasons for wanting the interlopers gone — there is something hidden beneath the house, tucked away in the dark, damp root cellar... waiting for its return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFracassi's novel hits me like a cross between McCammon and '80s King. Might be one of those summer blockbusters readers love.\u003c\/strong\u003e — Laird Barron, author of \u003cem\u003eWorse Angels\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Child Alone with Strangers\u003c\/em\u003e starts out as a slow burn procedural with supernatural elements and inexorably cranks itself into a pulse-pounding symphony of eldritch horrors and all-too-human violence. Philip Fracassi is the best sort of horror writer — one who is unafraid to hunt for light in even the darkest places. — Shaun Hamill, author of \u003cem\u003eA Cosmology of Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460083302636,"sku":"9781945863745","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781945863745-a-child-alone-with-strangers.jpg?v=1774943624","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-child-alone-with-strangers-by-philip-fracassi-9781945863745","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}