{"product_id":"9780765390950","title":"Chalk: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThis is what horror ought to be: primal, personal, and powerful.\" — Seanan McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Cornell plumbs the depths of magic and despair in \u003ci\u003eChalk\u003c\/i\u003e, a brutal exploration of bullying in Margaret Thatcher's England.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Waggoner has always hung around with his fellow losers at school, desperately hoping each day that the school bullies — led by Drake — will pass him by in search of other prey. But one day they force him into the woods, and the bullying escalates into something more; something unforgivable; something unthinkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroken, both physically and emotionally, something dies in Waggoner, and something else is born in its place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the hills of the West Country a chalk horse stands vigil over a site of ancient power, and there Waggoner finds in himself a reflection of rage and vengeance, a power and persona to topple those who would bring him low.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015938359536,"sku":"9780765390950","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780765390950_p0.jpg?v=1763658410","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780765390950","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}