{"product_id":"2940045776110","title":"Stomping the World Round","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep under the world is Hans, who first made sense of things. Hans, who built the world from chaos. Hans the smith; Hans the farmer; Hans the dwarf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was born into the numinous chaos; fell, as it were, into the sea of unformed impressions that was surging then and rising, falling, giving rise to constant abominations; he emerged therefrom, rose from that sea, and stomped the chaos into form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is why we have a world today. That---\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . and because he is working still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is working still, day in, day out, to keep the monsters bound; to fence off Hell; to keep such threats as world-devouring wolves, world-cracking snakes, and the pike-goats sealed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is long-lived, he is terribly long-lived, but he is not immortal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe cannot live forever; he cannot protect us forever; he will die, and when he dies, most likely, the world begin relapsing towards its former, lower-energy state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he dies, the Devil will break free; an antichrist will be claimed; scissors will fall, right out of space, and the world begin speeding towards its end. Institutions such as the Agency, the Lethal Corporation, and the Joint U.S. Government\/Papacy Anti-Antichrist Squad will go to great lengths to stop it from dying, but can they succeed? And four children, each with a (largely incompatible) destiny to destroy the world, will come together in the house on Doom Lane and take up the motto:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You don't have to die just because some people think your existence is evil.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater, presumably, everything ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jenna Katerin Moran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078217089264,"sku":"2940045776110","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045776110_p0.jpg?v=1763683146","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045776110","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}