{"product_id":"2940046164107","title":"In the Silence (Life Prison)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Images came, like flickers of a candle: Dark stones. Dark metal. Faint fire. A spoon in his hand, as someone urged him to eat. A stinking pit that he knew he was duty-bound to fill. A loom nearby that he vaguely remembered he had once known how to work, but which now stood as silent as the rest of his world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe can't speak. He can barely see. He experiences only fear and the faint whispers of something he had once known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut an intruder into his secure retreat from danger will pull him into awareness of what stands before him. What stands there is renewed danger . . . and the hope of something more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis short story can be read on its own or as a side story in the Life Prison series. Friendship, desire between men, and the costs of corruption and integrity are examined in this multicultural historical fantasy series, which is inspired by prison life at the end of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dusk Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108567564528,"sku":"2940046164107","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046164107_p0.jpg?v=1763689311","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046164107","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}