{"product_id":"bleak-history-john-shirley-9781416584124","title":"Bleak History","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlready optioned for feature film, an original dark and gritty urban fantasy novel from acclaimed and award-winning author John Shirley! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn near-future New York City, bounty hunter Gabriel Bleak, a man blessed and cursed with the ability to communicate with the dead, is relentlessly hunted by a clandestine government organization with mysterious links to his past. Now Bleak and the Shadow Community--a slowly growing underground group with supernatural abilities--must uncover the looming danger brought about by those at the upper echelons of power, or else risk a return to the dark ages...where an unimaginable evil awaits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVivid, surreal, and suspenseful, \u003ci\u003eBleak History \u003c\/i\u003eis an intensely thrilling read from an author whose stories \"give off the chill of top-grade horror\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Shirley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416584129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416584124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.34w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2009 pg. 90","brand":"John Shirley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123474886911,"sku":"9781416584124","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9c3d284e-7755-4828-ba29-b8d00a21ddf3.jpg?v=1687431099","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bleak-history-john-shirley-9781416584124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}