{"product_id":"2940170414352","title":"Melmoth","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history's darkest watersamp;mdash;and now, in Sarah Perry's breathtaking follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe Essex Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e, it is heading in our direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sortsamp;mdash;or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she persuades to join her to a damnation of timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, unaware, as she wanders the cobblestone streets Helen is being watched. And then Karel disappears. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150713209072,"sku":"2940170414352","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170414352_p0.jpg?v=1763709293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170414352","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}