{"product_id":"darker-days-thomas-olde-heuvelt-horror","title":"Darker days - Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Horror)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhen the darker days fall, the debt must be paid, . . . get ready for the chilling new folk horror from the Hugo Award-winning, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHEX -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efrom the publisher of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Exorcist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe most vital and exciting voices in modern horror.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMike Flanagan, award-winning director of ‘Doctor Sleep’ and ‘The Haunting of Hill House’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'No one builds agonizing tension like Thomas Olde Heuvelt.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDarker Days\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis his best yet.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Catriona Ward, bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Last House on Needless Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn Lock Haven, a quiet little town in Washington State, there is a very special street.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBird Street. The residents of Bird Street are all successful, wealthy, healthy and happy. And their children are all well-mannered and smart and high achievers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt least they are for eleven months of the year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn November, however, the ‘Darker Days’ begin. For November’s the month when things take a turn for the worse: accidents, bad luck, familial conflict and illness take hold. And it is in November that a stranger comes to Bird Street to collect the debt owed by the residents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause, you see, there is a price that must be paid for all the happiness and good fortune they enjoy for the other eleven months of year. And that price is one human life. Every November. Without fail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd so it has been for over a hundred years. To ease their guilt, the residents of Bird Street seek out individuals – usually the elderly or the terminally ill – who wish to die with dignity and are content to be helped on their way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut this year, things don’t go to plan. This year events take a terrifying turn . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePropulsive and haunting,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDarker Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a devastating modern take on the Faustian pact, and begs the question: how far would\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eyou\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ego for your own happiness?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wordy \u0026 Wild","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57479008158076,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/9679\/8230\/files\/darkerdays.jpg?v=1790014866","url":"https:\/\/wordyandwild.com\/en-us\/products\/darker-days-thomas-olde-heuvelt-horror","provider":"Wordy \u0026 Wild","version":"1.0","type":"link"}