{"product_id":"barnacle-child-david-horn-9798999426642","title":"Barnacle Child: A True Relation of Certain Events at Greyhook","description":"When Ewan Bain is lost at sea, the village of Greyhook mourns him as another quiet accounting the water demands. Months later, he comes home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is alive-but altered. His skin bears strange shell-like growths. His body is unnaturally cold. He does not speak. And from the walls of his family's house comes the unmistakable sound of tide moving through dry timber. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Ewan's mother, Mairi, fights to protect her son, Greyhook's buried history begins to surface. Old beams reused without question. Church records quietly altered. Warnings recorded and then postponed. The village is not haunted by a curse, but by unfinished work-ancient safeguards dismantled for convenience and allowed to scatter through homes, ground, and memory alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Barnacle Child, the horror does not announce itself with spectacle. It creeps, measures, and joins. A single marked plank links house, church, and sea. What was once meant to hold a boundary now opens a passage. Grief becomes an invitation. Silence becomes complicity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRooted in coastal folklore and written in a restrained, atmospheric style, Barnacle Child is a work of literary folk horror about stewardship rather than victory, and responsibility rather than blame. It asks not what the sea wants-but what people failed to finish dealing with, and what it costs when the water remembers first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for readers who appreciate slow-burn dread, moral weight, and horror that lingers long after the final page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Horn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999426642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sea Dreams Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"David Horn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001620340991,"sku":"9798999426642","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/barnacle-child-david-horn-9798999426642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}