{"product_id":"after-dark-jose-manuel-a-santos-9789359204888","title":"After Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe night caretaker in a local cemetery became witness to a horrifying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevent. The body of a mutilated woman fell from the sky. The caretaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einvestigates only to be terrified by childish laughter from the woods that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebordered the cemetery. In his terror, ran for his life ending up in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecustody of the local police station.The case fell upon the lap of Senior\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspector Manny Panganiban who was puzzled by the case and suspected\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat the man in custody may both be the witness and the culprit. The only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ething that troubled him, was the absence of blood. Thus, ordered PO1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEunice Salve to research the same MO or anything that can shed light\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eupon the unique nature of the case. She came upon an article by a certain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Javier that she assumed can help in the investigation. A meeting with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJavier revealed certain aspects about the community that was not common\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eknowledge. About similar mutilations in the past, all unsolved and about\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea house that everyone seems to have forgotten. Then people began to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisappear. Ghostly manifestations occurred. And there is the deaf-mute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat grew up in the fringes of society, distrusting people and their good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eintentions until he met Jennifer. The illusory feelings he had for her was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshattered and he withdrew from society. Alone and close to death he was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esaved by a malevolent creature that offered him life only to find out that not\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eall second chances are worth taking. With things getting out of hand and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith the approach of a typhoon, Panganiban, Salve and Javier along with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eothers banded together to solve the mystery, find the abductees and put the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecase to rest. Unaware that they were about to clash with dark forces that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad roamed the land for centuries and to a showdown beneath the bowels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof an old house that nobody knew existed. Some will die, some will survive, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eothers will find redemption and renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jose Manuel a Santos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9359204889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789359204888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ukiyoto Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.93d","brand":"Jose Manuel a Santos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588043518207,"sku":"9789359204888","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-dark-jose-manuel-a-santos-9789359204888","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}