{"product_id":"medusa-by-e-h-visiak-9780712355728","title":"Medusa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomething moved along upon the verge with a sliding, writhing motion, seeming like the body of a huge serpent...Drawn by horror's fearful traction, I moved to the verge of the parapet and looked down.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBristol, the early eighteenth century. On the run following a fatal accident at school, the orphan Will Harvell joins a voyage setting sail in search of a mariner's missing son. But the mystery of his disappearance harbours a deeper secret; a dark current pulling the crew ever closer to an ancient Gorgonian terror of the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining elements of Conradian sea adventure, Atlantean mythology, and sublime horror, \u003ci\u003eMedusa\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1929 and achieved cult classic status in the late twentieth century as a neglected masterpiece of weird fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVisiak achieved the terror and wonder, the sense of awe, that Lovecraft could only grasp at.\u003c\/b\u003e R. S. Hadji, 1983\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340915818732,"sku":"9780712355728","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16943893482441.jpg?v=1772177007","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/medusa-by-e-h-visiak-9780712355728","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}