{"product_id":"seasons-of-the-moon-david-c-smith-9780595675005","title":"Seasons of the Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003eWomen are holy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe people of Weyburn, Ohio, practice a religion thousands of years old-the first religion. And the first law of this religion is that no one may harm a woman. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne of them has broken this law. He is a rapist and killer, and he must be found and punished. Only his mother can decide what that punishment will be because only mothers have the right to pass judgment on their children. This is the second law: Life is not a right. Life is a privilege. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYoung Scott is witness to all of this. Twelve years old, he is a boy on the cusp of adolescence, full of questions and uncertainty. Is he in some way like Will, the killer? Does Scott belong in the village of Weyburn, or is he, too, an outsider? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the community searches for the murderer, Scott searches for answers to troubling questions. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis answers will come from the last person he would ever expect. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'The best short novel I have read in the past ten years.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Donald Sidney-Fryer, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eAloysius Bertrand's Gaspard de la Nuit \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSongs and Sonnets Atlantean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Renowned genre novelist David C. Smith blazes fresh, new territory with a chilling roller coaster ride of a story that will have you gripping white-knuckled at the safety bar from start to finish. Guaranteed to satisfy the appetites of connoisseurs of horror and literary fiction alike.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Keith Huff, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eMud People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Steady Rain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David C. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 059567500X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595675005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"David C. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48991976358143,"sku":"9780595675005","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seasons-of-the-moon-david-c-smith-9780595675005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}