{"product_id":"2940170181117","title":"NOS4A2: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoe Hill, the acclaimed, award-winning author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eHeart-Shaped Box\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHorns\u003c\/em\u003e, plunges you into the dark side of imagination with a thrilling novel of supernatural suspense that will have you flinching at shadows and checking the rearview mirror \u003cem\u003eagain and again\u003c\/em\u003e. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNOS4A2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon't slow down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be. Vic doesn't tell anyone about her unusual ability, because she knows no one will believe her. She has trouble understanding it herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world and onto hidden roads that lead to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. Mile by mile, the journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble . . . and finds her way, inevitably, to Charlie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat was a lifetime ago. Now, the only kid ever to escape Charlie's unmitigated evil is all grown up and desperate to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about the exceptional Victoria McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. He's after something very special-something Vic can never replace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a life-and-death battle of wills builds-\u003cem\u003eher\u003c\/em\u003e magic pitted against \u003cem\u003ehis\u003c\/em\u003e-Vic McQueen prepares to destroy Charlie once and for all . . . or die trying. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Hill's acclaimed works of fiction, \u003cem\u003eHorns\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHeart-Shaped Box\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e20th Century Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e, have already earned him international acclaim. With \u003cem\u003eNOS4A2\u003c\/em\u003e, this outstanding novelist-\"one of America's finest horror writers\" (\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e magazine); \"a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e)-crafts his finest work yet. Disturbing, mesmerizing, and full of twisting thrills, Hill's phantasmagoric, devilishly playful masterpiece is a terrifying high-octane ride.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098259013872,"sku":"2940170181117","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170181117_p0.jpg?v=1763704301","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170181117","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}