{"product_id":"the-night-birds","title":"The Night Birds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe next gripping, atmospheric horror novel from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebestselling author Christopher Golden, set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, TX.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Book and Ruby Cahill have a history. After their love ended in heartbreak years ago, they never expected to see each other again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, as part of his work for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Book lives aboard the Christabel, a 19th-century freighter half-sunken off the shore of Galveston. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver many years, a massive forest of mangrove trees has grown up through the deck of the ship, creating a startlingly beautiful enigma that Book calls the Floating Forest. As a powerful storm churns through the Gulf, he intends to sleep on board as usual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when he arrives at the dock, he’s stunned to find Ruby there waiting for him. And she’s not alone. With her is a mysterious woman and her infant child, asking Book to hide them safely aboard the Christabel while they're on the run. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly it isn’t the police who are after them, it’s a coven of witches the woman, Mae, has fled, stealing away the helpless infant for whom the coven had hideous plans…or so Mae claims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s lunacy, and Book wants nothing to do with it. 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