{"product_id":"mad-river-9781972265000","title":"Mad River","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Supernatural Thriller in which Paul Reddick returns to Mad River after a long absence. Upon the mysterious demise of his cousin, Duncan McIlwraith, he has inherited the Homestead, settled a century before by his ancestor, a fur trader called Red Jake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul's eccentric Aunt Claire claims the house is haunted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur Brassfield, the art dealer who discovered Duncan's corpse, is later found dead in a tableau eerily similar to Duncan's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePivotal to the story is a Soul Catcher, or keeper of breath, used by shamans for soul retrieval. Captain Jack, a fearsome warlock known to his people as Walks In Dark Places, corrupted this fetish to enslave lost souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Moon steals the tainted talisman from his father's grave house, setting in motion a curse which plagues the Mad River Country for more than a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTasked with ending this curse, Paul becomes immersed in the dark depths of family history and is forced to navigate the perilous shoals of supernatural forces he scarcely comprehends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bookworm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781972265000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Margaret Sjoden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53459203326133,"sku":"9781972265000","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781972265000.jpg?v=1791297826","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mad-river-9781972265000","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}