{"product_id":"dirty-water-9781982193003","title":"Dirty Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eA JOURNEY THROUGH TIME--BACK TO BOSTON!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1462: an alien who feasts on the suffering of sentient beings dines off the agonies of Vlad the Impaler's twenty-thousand victims near Targoviste, Romania. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1688: a woman is framed for witchcraft and hanged by the neck in Boston. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 1965: a toy store that never seems to run out of special toys is suspected of being the location of a temporal portal, the same one used by the agony-feeding alien. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2022: a grandfather, showing his young grandchildren what remains of the Boston of his youth, is shown that portal by his granddaughters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And they're off! Off through the gate that grants wishes, off to deal with time travel, off to break and enter, off to endure the pain of seeing afresh loved ones long since departed in their own time. They're off to deal with hardened, murderous criminals and with equally murderous aliens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And all of that is set around the time of Christmas joy, in old, fine hotels, with presents, fresh loves, Handel's Messiah, a department store's enchanted village, old delicacies, modern weapons, lasers . . . and a very special calico cat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982193003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416","brand":"Tom Kratman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124535328949,"sku":"9781982193003","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0d13e105-6f2c-4eb5-91ca-0822a9a8d0cd.jpg?v=1694553966","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dirty-water-9781982193003","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}