{"product_id":"2940016174457","title":"Blade and Arrow","description":"Jake, in his seventeenth year of Mindsword training, suffers the death of his father, signaling the onset of pavor nocturnus, horrific night terrors. Night after night, crazy scenes of a nine-foot tall cat and man-sized rats wreck his sleep. Sometimes he gets lucky and dreams of the dark-haired girl. His friends, determined to cheer him up, plan a hike in the woods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeep in the forest, the friends discover a dark and ancient path leading to a clearing and a long forgotten well. One discovers part of the well house floating below and drops a rope to pull out the rotten boards. Something grabs the rope and yanks them all under the putrid black water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hikers accidentally flush themselves through time and space to a world dominated by the genus rattus; rodents, tall as a man, that walk upright, and breed humans for food and slave labor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSluiced to the world of Jake's nightmares, the travelers survive deadly attacks, encounter horse-sized talking canines, and finally meet the dreaded Harvile rat-men horde in battle. The culmination of this moral and physical crusade is Jake’s single-handed duel against the deadly Ix, a nine-foot tall, twelve hundred pound feline predator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlade and Arrow is an exciting adventure; an entertaining tale of friendship, \u003cbr\u003ehonesty, and loyalty, conjuring up elements of Stephen King's \"Stand By Me,\" \u003cbr\u003eC.S. Lewis's Narnia books, and J. K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter.”","brand":"John Doggett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146561437936,"sku":"2940016174457","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016174457_p0.jpg?v=1763630045","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016174457","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}