{"product_id":"a-history-of-wild-places-a-novel","title":"A History of Wild Places A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"What a wonderful rabbit hole to fall down.\" --Erika Swyler, author of \u003ci\u003eLight from Other Stars \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Speculation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A terrifying and timely book.\" --Erica Ferencik, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe River at Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInto the Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"As spine-chilling as it is beautifully crafted.\" --Ruth Emmie Lang, author of \u003ci\u003eBeasts of Extraordinary Circumstance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked Deep\u003c\/i\u003e weaves a richly atmospheric adult debut following three residents of a secluded, seemingly peaceful commune as they investigate the disappearances of two outsiders.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, he requires only a single object to find the person who has vanished. When he takes on the case of Maggie St. James--a well-known author of dark, macabre children's books--he's led to a place many believed to be only a legend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled Pastoral, this reclusive community was founded in the 1970s by like-minded people searching for a simpler way of life. By all accounts, the commune shouldn't exist anymore and soon after Travis stumbles upon it...he disappears. Just like Maggie St. James. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, Theo, a lifelong member of Pastoral, discovers Travis's abandoned truck beyond the border of the community. No one is allowed in or out, not when there's a risk of bringing a disease--\u003ci\u003erot\u003c\/i\u003e--into Pastoral. Unraveling the mystery of what happened reveals secrets that Theo, his wife, Calla, and her sister, Bee, keep from one another. Secrets that prove their perfect, isolated world isn't as safe as they believed--and that darkness takes many forms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHauntingly beautiful, hypnotic, and bewitching, \u003ci\u003eA History of Wild Places\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about fairy tales, our fear of the dark, and losing yourself within the wilderness of your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48021202600191,"sku":"*R0033581*","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/20257583482893.jpg?v=1767970681","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/a-history-of-wild-places-a-novel","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}