{"product_id":"2940171910235","title":"Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town : An Official Stranger Things Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChief Jim Hopper reveals long-awaited secrets to Eleven about his old life as a police detective in New York City, confronting his past before the events of the hit show \u003ci\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristmas, Hawkins, 1984.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper's protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked \"New York\" out of the basementamp;mdash;and the tough questions begin. Why did Hopper leave Hawkins all those years ago? What does \"Vietnam\" mean? And why has he never talked about New York?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he'd rather face a horde of demogorgons than talk about his own past, Hopper knows that he can't deny the truth any longer. And so begins the story of the incident in New Yorkamp;mdash;the last big case before everything changed. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummer, New York City, 1977\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam. A young daughter, a caring wife, and a new beat as an NYPD detective make it easy to slip back into life as a civilian. But after shadowy federal agents suddenly show up and seize the files about a series of brutal, unsolved murders, Hopper takes matters into his own hands, risking everything to discover the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon Hopper is undercover among New York's notorious street gangs. But just as he's about to crack the case, a blackout rolls across the boroughs, plunging Hopper into a darkness deeper than any he's faced before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150994751728,"sku":"2940171910235","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171910235_p0.jpg?v=1763748613","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171910235","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}