{"product_id":"2940044628892","title":"The Owl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere’s a killer stalking Flora's Island doing the Island’s bidding, and for washed-up legend Raney Tables, he must confront the killer head on or submit to a marginalized life full of remorse and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE OWL is a complete 130,000 word Fantasy-Thriller about an Island alive with mystery and a narrator trying to make sense of its incredible intent. Raney may be tall in height, but he’s short in spirit. Distracted by a case of A.D.H.D. and an accident that blinds his older brother, Raney retreats inside himself, relying on a ghostly Sachem and his dead grandfather for solace. As the story unwinds, so does the narrator, whose unfocused attention is drawn to memories of his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks have been written about Islands before. Their diminutive physique and unique geography are perfect backdrops for studies of the human condition. I probe in a different way, with a haunted (and hunted) character whose élan is both humorous and intimate without meaning to be so. How else can such a multi-dimensional novel succeed in such a limited milieu without appearing to be merely macabre? Besides being a self-contained Fantasy-Thriller with a twist ending, THE OWL is also a meditation on loneliness and love, the same themes approached by Charles Frazier in COLD MOUNTAIN or by Margaret Atwood in her novels and stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David M. Seerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109799477488,"sku":"2940044628892","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044628892_p0.jpg?v=1763665414","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044628892","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}