{"product_id":"the-obelisk-denis-matas-9798243551946","title":"The Obelisk","description":"\u003cb\u003eVicente is seventy-four years old and alone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis wife died three years ago, and no one from the village attended her funeral. His neighbors ignore him, despise him, treat him as if he were invisible. So every afternoon he walks to the obelisk, that forgotten monument on the outskirts of the village, and stands there, smoking, observing the black stone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's his ritual. His only constant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil one day, standing before the obelisk, Vicente imagines something terrible: the face of his neighbor Amparo crushed against the stone. The image is so vivid, so real, that he can see the bones breaking, the blood on the stone. And then he feels something unexpected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePleasure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intense, overwhelming pleasure that courses through him like an electric shock. A pleasure that frightens and excites him in equal measure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt first, he tries to ignore it. They are just thoughts, just fantasies. But the thoughts return, each time more specific, each time more violent. And with each thought, the pleasure intensifies. Vicente starts taking notes on his neighbors: their routines, their weaknesses, their schedules. He tells himself it's just a game. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it's not a game. It's an addiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd like any addiction, it needs to be fed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denis Matas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243551946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d","brand":"Denis Matas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172042973439,"sku":"9798243551946","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-obelisk-denis-matas-9798243551946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}