{"product_id":"2940157240363","title":"The Darkest Days","description":"**SHORT STORY TO BE READ ALONG SIDE THE DEATH \u0026amp; DECAY SERIES NOVELS**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo protect and serve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe motto that every officer is taught from their first day in the academy. On a humid June day in St. Louis, it is a motto that could get Officer Wyatt Ward killed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesperate citizens flock to the station as the officers of the Cottleville Police Department struggle to handle the chaos that is enveloping a city already shaken by rioting. But as darkness descends something much worse is rising.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe deranged. Brutal, unforgiving, single-minded monsters that were once the citizens Wyatt was sworn to protect. Now, they attack. They bite. They infect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs fear takes hold...\u003cbr\u003eAs the city begins to eat itself...\u003cbr\u003eAs the world crumbles...\u003cbr\u003eWhat is a man who is sworn to protect to do as the world dies?","brand":"R. L. Blalock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158295593200,"sku":"2940157240363","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157240363_p0.jpg?v=1764093167","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157240363","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}