{"product_id":"bloodstone-amy-wertz-9798262501960","title":"Bloodstone","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen struggling sculptor \u003cb\u003eMalaya Marble\u003c\/b\u003e inherits her uncle's abandoned studio, she believes she has found one last chance to matter. Instead, she finds something living inside the walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Stonekin are ancient beings of stone and hunger who can transform her work into masterpieces. But their gift comes with a price: blood, flesh, and the slow surrender of everything that makes her human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Malaya's sculptures grow more beautiful, her body begins to harden into something colder, stranger, and more perfect. Critics, curators, and collectors are drawn to her work with a devotion that feels disturbingly close to worship. What begins as artistic salvation becomes a collaboration with something that does not create art so much as consume the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs her name rises, Malaya must decide whether greatness is worth the self it destroys-or whether she has already become part of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBLOODSTONE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a gothic horror novel about ambition, beauty, sacrifice, and the monstrous hunger to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eMexican Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBunny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHouse of Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Wertz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798262501960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Amy Wertz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170111856895,"sku":"9798262501960","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bloodstone-amy-wertz-9798262501960","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}