{"product_id":"the-hollow-boys-by-tariq-ashkanani-9781805222323","title":"The Hollow Boys","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hollow Boys\u003c\/em\u003e is the new novel from the prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Midnight King\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A brilliantly unsettling piece of purest American Gothic'\u003c\/em\u003e - James Oswald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The master of the small-town thriller at the top of his game'\u003c\/em\u003e - Janice Hallett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Compellingly dark. This is not for the faint hearted'\u003c\/em\u003e - Guy Morpuss\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo children lost. The wrong one found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe town of Aurora is waiting to die. A few miles away, a deep seam of coal burns underground, the fire creeping closer every year. Businesses close. Families leave. Hope dwindles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then one day, nine-year-old Danny Yates comes back from the dead. He walks into town half-starved and silent, ten months after he and his best friend Will Keefe were presumed drowned. But when Danny does finally speak, he swears that he's not Danny anymore. He's Will.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDanny's mother is convinced that her boy has come back wrong, and that the town itself is now at risk from whatever dark force returned her son. Chief of Police John Deacon is more interested in how the sinister disappearance of two boys could have been written off as a tragic accident, and who was responsible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happened to Danny to make him take on his friend's name, his personality? And does Danny's return mean there's a chance that Will is still alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665495146732,"sku":"9781805222323","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781805222323-the-hollow-boys.jpg?v=1779746919","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-hollow-boys-by-tariq-ashkanani-9781805222323","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}