{"product_id":"2940045823197","title":"The Horseless Horsemen: Germaine","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerrie felt Justice’s mind slip as if it had been a horse stepping sideways off a loose rock in the field. She stepped into him and blocked his way as he turned toward the naked man lying unconscious on the floor.\u003cbr\u003e“NO! JUSTICE!! DON’T!!”\u003cbr\u003eShe reached up and grabbed up his sweatshirt tightly with both hands, planted her feet, and closed her eyes as he started to force his way past her. She lowered her face, concentrating.\u003cbr\u003eThe only thought in Justice’s mind was to kill the monster on the floor. …to bend his neck back until it broke. …to push his pointed index finger straight through the man’s ear and into his brain. …to jump so that his hand came back into the here inside the monster’s skull.\u003cbr\u003e…NO! YOU WILL NOT!…\u003cbr\u003eIt wasn’t a plea as much as it was a command that Gerrie gave him.\u003cbr\u003e…but …Rita…\u003cbr\u003eThe words were squeezed through his bent mind, barely able to escape the whirling blades of his rage and remain whole.\u003cbr\u003eJustice stopped in midstride.\u003cbr\u003eHe could not move.\u003cbr\u003eHe could not reach the thing on the floor.\u003cbr\u003eNo matter how hard he tried.\u003cbr\u003e…no matter how hard he struggled to push against the force that held him.\u003cbr\u003e…that blocked him.\u003cbr\u003e…that made him feel like he was encased in stone that had never been able to contain him in his entire lifetime.\u003cbr\u003eHe could not lift his arms to sweep the child out of the way.\u003cbr\u003eHe could not lift his leg to take a step.\u003cbr\u003eHe howled the frustration of his immobility.\u003cbr\u003eHe tried to jump past her. …past that which he could not get by.\u003cbr\u003eHe could not jump.\u003cbr\u003eHe was bound.\u003cbr\u003e…held here. …in this single place.\u003cbr\u003eHe could not jump into the same space as this\u003cbr\u003e…monster.\u003cbr\u003e…this\u003cbr\u003e…slime.\u003cbr\u003e…this\u003cbr\u003e…piece of filth.\u003cbr\u003e…and explode him into very small pieces.\u003cbr\u003eHe was being held.\u003cbr\u003eThe killing beast inside of him screamed with outrage at both what the evil thing on the floor had done to the woman here\u003cbr\u003e…what he had been doing to Rita\u003cbr\u003e…and with the frustration of being kept from doing anything about it. The howls echoed inside of his skull, bounced off the broken and razor sharp edges of his consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e…it\u003cbr\u003e…must\u003cbr\u003e…die…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RC Miller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083185340656,"sku":"2940045823197","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045823197_p0.jpg?v=1763683269","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045823197","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}