{"product_id":"2940170482139","title":"Into the Jungle: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this pulse-pounding thriller from the author of the ¿haunting, twisting thrill-ride¿ (Megan Miranda, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author) \u003ci\u003eThe River at Night\u003c\/i\u003e, a young woman leaves behind everything she knows to take on the jungle of Bolivia, but her excursion abroad quickly turns into a fight for her life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteen-year-old Lily Bushwold thought she¿d found the antidote to endless foster care and group homes: a teaching job in Cochabamba, Bolivia. As soon as she could steal enough cash for the plane, she was on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the gig falls through and Lily stays in Bolivia, she finds bonding with other broke, rudderless girls at the local youth hostel isn¿t the life she wants, either. Hustling and world-weary already, crazy love finds her in the form she least expects: Omar, a savvy, handsome local man who¿d abandoned his life as a hunter in Ayachero amp;mdash; a remote jungle village amp;mdash; to try his hand at city life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Omar learns that a jaguar has killed his four-year-old nephew in Ayachero, he gives Lily a choice: Stay alone in the unforgiving city or travel to the last in a string of ever-more-isolated river towns in the jungles of Bolivia. Thirty-foot anaconda? Puppy-sized spiders? Vengeful shamans with unspeakable powers? Love-struck Lily is oblivious. She follows Omar to this ruthless new world of lawless poachers, bullheaded missionaries, and desperate indigenous tribes driven to the brink of extinction. To survive, Lily must navigate the jungle amp;mdash; its wonders as well as its terrors amp;mdash; using only her wits and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrimal, gripping, and terrifying, Into the Jungle features Erica Ferencik¿s signature ¿visceral, white-knuckle¿ (Entertainment Weekly) prose that will sink its fangs into you and not let go.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115334385904,"sku":"2940170482139","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170482139_p0.jpg?v=1763710581","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170482139","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}