{"product_id":"2940012391049","title":"Zehru of Xollar","description":"Three Earthlings are whisked on an inter-dimensional journey to the den of the Scientist Zehru.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the rolling thunder of infra-bass first came to their ears, Robert Blake and Helen Lawton were standing on the platform of a New York subway station waiting for the arrival of an uptown express to bear them to their homes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey made a strikingly attractive couple as they stood there. New York had not had time as yet to remove the bronze tan of an outdoor life from Blake's ruggedly good-looking face. His tall athletic figure was still conspicuous for the lithe strength that had made him an All-Western tackle less than two years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStanding beside Blake's husky figure, Helen Lawton looked like a tiny, very perfect, blonde doll, with an exquisitely molded face framed in curly bobbed hair that was the clear golden-amber hue of orange honey. There was a diamond sparkling on the ring finger of the girl's slim left hand, placed there by Blake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was well after midnight, and the only other passenger waiting on the station was a burly chap leaning against one of the white pillars on the other side of the platform. After a casual glance at the fellow, with his derby hat shoved far back from a low forehead, his blatantly conspicuous clothing, and the suspicious bulge under one arm-pit, Blake had mentally set him down as a minor gangster, probably a strong-arm man for some beer mob.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlake and Helen had been standing there but a few minutes when the strange sound first became audible. For a moment Blake thought it was merely the rumbling roar of an express approaching far down the tunnel. Then he realized that no subway train could possibly produce a sound effect so oddly disturbing and strangely alien.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was like no sound that Blake had ever heard before. Vibrant with colossal power, it suggested a sustained note struck from a giant organ, a note so low in pitch that it seemed a full octave below the lowest bass note ever struck. Whatever it was, the thundering vibration of infra-bass was coming nearer with startling swiftness.","brand":"eStar Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173162467568,"sku":"2940012391049","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012391049_p0.jpg?v=1763568416","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012391049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}