{"product_id":"9781412188845","title":"The Parasite","description":"\"The Parasite\" is a short story and nice quick read. The protagonist is Austin Gilroy, a physiologist, who is a realist and believes that the paranormal is nonsense. That is until he meets a mysterious woman who mesmerizes people; he is not only hypnotized by this woman, but he slowly becomes completely obsessed with her. Gilroy says: \"This woman, by her own explanation, can dominate my nervous organism. She can project herself into my body and take command of it. She has a parasite soul; yes, she is a parasite, a monstrous parasite. She creeps into my frame as the hermit crab does into the whelk's shell. I am powerless! What can I do?\"","brand":"eBooksLib","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171722871024,"sku":"9781412188845","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781412188845_p0.jpg?v=1763725490","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781412188845","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}