{"product_id":"the-ninth-bell-benjamin-dusk-9798294640897","title":"The Ninth Bell","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of the Black Death, in the city of Siena, the bells begin to ring for the dead.\u003cbr\u003eOne man remains in the cathedral tower, a bell-ringer who keeps the hours long after there is no one left to hear them.\u003cbr\u003eHe descends, searching for what lies at the centre of the silent city, and finds a spiral that leads far beneath the stones.\u003cbr\u003eThe frescoes on the walls shift each day.\u003cbr\u003eFigures step out from the paint.\u003cbr\u003eA thirteenth figure waits.\u003cbr\u003eWhat begins as a record of time becomes the erasure of time, as the city and the plain and every place he has known are drawn into the slow, unending ringing of a bell that no longer belongs to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ninth Bell\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of historical horror told with restraint and suffocating stillness, where time bends and sound becomes structure.\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of Max Porter, Danielewski, and Robert Aickman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Dusk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798294640897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Benjamin Dusk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997150195967,"sku":"9798294640897","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ninth-bell-benjamin-dusk-9798294640897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}