{"product_id":"the-drowned-bell-of-urk","title":"The Drowned Bell of Urk","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e1673\u003c\/b\u003e, reformers strip the old chapel of Urk, drag down its sacred bell, and cast \u003cb\u003eDe Drenkeling\u003c\/b\u003e, the Drowned One, into the sea. The village thinks it has lost a relic. What it has really done is teach the bell a new place to ring from. Centuries later, after a brutal storm tears open the reclaimed shoreline, the buried chapel rises from the mud and the first resonance rolls up through the village from below. It is not heard in the air. It is felt in the bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe next morning, seventeen-year-old \u003cb\u003eKees Visser\u003c\/b\u003e is found drowned in his bed, lungs full of old seawater, salt in his lashes, and no drop of water anywhere in the room. After that, the mirrors begin to change. Glass clouds from within. Faces press through condensation. Reflections lag, warp, and start trying to move first. As the village of \u003cb\u003eUrk\u003c\/b\u003e falls under the pressure of buried sound, old bloodlines, and drowned memory, \u003cb\u003eJan Willem\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eElara\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHans Visser\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGijs van der Meer\u003c\/b\u003e, and the last keepers of the island's older knowledge realize they are not facing a haunting in the ordinary sense. They are facing a system waking up beneath them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is not only a ghost story but a siege of memory, reflection, and place. \u003cb\u003eThe Drowned Bell of Urk\u003c\/b\u003e is North Sea gothic horror about drowned faith, inherited guilt, and the terror of discovering that what the sea keeps is never truly lost. It is altered, recorded, and one day returned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50480801874277,"sku":"9798290866130","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/0538\/5573\/files\/imageloader_5fe020cf-f780-456b-8a35-39bcfcd4615c.jpg?v=1794596930","url":"https:\/\/paralleluniversebooks.com\/products\/the-drowned-bell-of-urk","provider":"Parallel Universe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}