{"product_id":"nvk-9781590519356","title":"Nvk","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel by RUPERT THOMSON writing as TEMPLE DRAKE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHER SECRET MUST BE KEPT FOR ALL ETERNITY. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the otherworldly megalopolis that is today's Shanghai, Temple Drake's suspenseful first novel blends the gothic, the erotic, and the supernatural as it charts an intense and dangerous affair.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One night in 2012, executive Zhang Guo Xing takes a group of European clients to a fashionable nightclub in Shanghai. While there, he meets a strikingly beautiful young Western woman called Naemi Vieno Kuusela. The physical attraction between them proves irresistible, and they embark on an intoxicating affair. But Naemi is not what she appears to be... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To Zhang's surprise, she veers between passion and wariness, conducting the relationship entirely on her own terms. He feels driven to find out more about her, and is swiftly drawn into a web of intrigue, mystery, and horror. Is she a ghost? A demon? Do the living dead walk the streets of twenty-first century Shanghai? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in spare, high-octane prose, \u003ci\u003eNVK\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in a series of dark, hypnotic novels that explore the roots of desire and the cruel costs of immortality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590519356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2019 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2019 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Temple Drake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103862227125,"sku":"9781590519356","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0c282fc7-e27a-4bfb-9e87-5216310d2534.jpg?v=1693281495","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nvk-9781590519356","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}