{"product_id":"bleak-history-paperback","title":"Bleak History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Shirley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready optioned for feature film, an original dark and gritty urban fantasy novel from acclaimed and award-winning author John Shirley! In near-future New York City, bounty hunter Gabriel Bleak, a man blessed and cursed with the ability to communicate with the dead, is relentlessly hunted by a clandestine government organization with mysterious links to his past. Now Bleak and the Shadow Community--a slowly growing underground group with supernatural abilities--must uncover the looming danger brought about by those at the upper echelons of power, or else risk a return to the dark ages...where an unimaginable evil awaits. Vivid, surreal, and suspenseful, Bleak History is an intensely thrilling read from an author whose stories \"give off the chill of top-grade horror\" (The New York Times Book Review).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJohn Shirley \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of many novels, as well as collections of stories, which include \u003ci\u003eReally, Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Bram Stoker award-winning collection \u003ci\u003eBlack Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e. Also a television and movie script writer, Shirley was co-screenwriter of \u003ci\u003eThe Crow\u003c\/i\u003e. Most recently he has adapted Edgar Allan Poe's \u003ci\u003eLigeia \u003c\/i\u003efor the screen. His authorized fan-created website is DarkEcho.com\/JohnShirley and his official blog is JohnShirley.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8.22 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46672534962230,"sku":"9781416584124","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/4569\/8614\/files\/BzT73gt99O9781416584124.webp?v=1783201488","url":"https:\/\/outer-realm-books-beyond.myshopify.com\/products\/bleak-history-paperback","provider":"Outer Realm Books \u0026 Beyond","version":"1.0","type":"link"}