{"product_id":"marked-w-bevan-9798250500111","title":"Marked: The Tether: A woman. A monster. A rule that cannot be broken. A Psychological Creature Horror Novella of Survival and Dependency","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe is still alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside a quiet house at the edge of the woods, Marline survives under a rule she cannot break. The creature watches. It feeds her. It keeps her breathing long after breathing should have stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside, people are disappearing.\u003cbr\u003eSearch lights sweep the trees.\u003cbr\u003eNo one understands what the house has become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarline cannot leave.\u003cbr\u003eShe cannot refuse.\u003cbr\u003eShe cannot die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the thing that found her does not want a victim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt needs a tether.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the world closes in and the creature grows patient, protective, and impossibly hungry, Marline begins to understand the truth: survival is not escape - it is captivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrutal, intimate, and deeply unsettling, this third entry in the Marked universe pushes the series into its darkest chapter yet - a story of grief, dependency, and the terrifying cost of being chosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome monsters hunt to kill.\u003cbr\u003eSome monsters hunt to keep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Bevan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250500111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"W. Bevan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172539572479,"sku":"9798250500111","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marked-w-bevan-9798250500111","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}