{"product_id":"9780593158760","title":"Black River Orchard","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A small town is transformed when seven strange trees begin bearing magical apples in this masterpiece of horror from the author of \u003ci\u003eWanderers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Accidents\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This masterful outing should continue to earn Wendig comparisons to Stephen King.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLOCUS AWARD FINALIST - BRAM STOKER AWARD FINALIST - AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's autumn in the town of Harrow, but something besides the season is changing there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause in that town there is an orchard, and in that orchard, seven most unusual trees. And from those trees grows a new sort of apple: strange, beautiful, with skin so red it's nearly black. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTake a bite of one of these apples, and you will desire only to devour another. And another. You will become stronger. More vital. More \u003ci\u003eyourself, \u003c\/i\u003eyou will believe\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e But then your appetite for the apples and their peculiar gifts will keep growing--and become darker. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is what happens when the townsfolk discover the secret of the orchard. Soon it seems that everyone is consumed by an obsession with the magic of the apples . . . and what's the harm, if it is making them all happier, more confident, more powerful? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven if something else is buried in the orchard besides the seeds of these extraordinary trees: a bloody history whose roots reach back to the very origins of the town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut now the leaves are falling. The days grow darker. It's harvest time, and the town will soon reap what it has sown.","brand":"Del Rey Books (Author: Wendig, Chuck)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50047332745573,"sku":"9780593158760","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/0538\/5573\/files\/imageloader_1ada4b24-7b14-4273-8804-1dbae82cde32.jpg?v=1770204673","url":"https:\/\/paralleluniversebooks.com\/products\/9780593158760","provider":"Parallel Universe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}