{"product_id":"waste-ground-marc-ruvolo-9780975638095","title":"Waste Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Fast paced and twisted, Waste Ground is a Venus flytrap that will inevitably capture you. Ruvolo's clever prose will keep you turning the pages of this cosmic story of cults and revenge until you have devoured it whole.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eJ.V. Gachs\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of EPIPHANY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Waste Ground is a cosmic nightmare of fraying relationships and dogged determination converging in the mouth of a bizarre cult and the otherworldly entity they worship. Ruvolo keeps the action nonstop as he viscerally displays Portland's underbelly and the unseen hunger beneath our feet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eJ.A.W. McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e, Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson finalist, Author of SLEEP ALONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry is pushing 40, single, and barely making ends meet delivering takeout, when disaster strikes. His car has been stolen. With the help of a well-placed AirTag, and his straight, stoned roommate, Digger, he's hellbent on getting it back. Trouble is, the AirTag signal has pinged in a notorious homeless camp deep in the industrial wastelands outside of Portland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanelle drove to Portland from Florida, intent on telling her estranged, drug-addicted older sister their abusive mother has finally passed. Except Dorothea has vanished. Janelle's search through the unforgiving streets in search of her sister, leads her down a dark path into the bloody, beating heart of an American capitalist hellscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd deep in the modern wilds of the waste ground, a doomsday cult petitions a strange cryptid, mesmerized by its newfound taste for human flesh...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd Henry, Janelle, and Digger are heading straight for it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Ruvolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0975638092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780975638095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Slashic Horror Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d","brand":"Marc Ruvolo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46618142376191,"sku":"9780975638095","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_482732bc-77b5-44e4-b5d8-07e89e0aec07.jpg?v=1740069281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waste-ground-marc-ruvolo-9780975638095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}