{"product_id":"book-iokt","title":"The Deading","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnnatural horrors and a town in peril: Stephen King’s \u003cem\u003eUnder the Dome\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Last of Us\u003c\/em\u003e in this harrowing climate fiction novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWhen a hidden evil emerges from the depths of the ocean, the tight-knit town of Baywood is caught in a climate disaster of mysterious origins: an unusual wave of sea snails enter the estuary and transform wildlife, seascapes, and finally, people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eOnce infected, residents start “deading”: collapsing and dying, only to resurrect, changed in ways both physical and fundamental. After the government isolates Baywood, paranoia and surveillance run rampant. A newly formed cult called the Risers starts targeting those who are not deading: the introverted bird-loving Blas, his jaded older brother, Chango, the widow Kumi, and her cautious neighbor, Ingram. The survivors of Baywood eventually must choose to escape, to investigate the deading’s origins, or to become subsumed by this terrifying new normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eAt points claustrophobic and haunting, soulful and melancholic, \u003cem\u003eThe Deading\u003c\/em\u003e lyrically explores the disintegration of society, the horror of survival and adaptation, and the unexpected solace found through connections in nature and between humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I love horror, especially when it’s smart, disturbing, and very it-can-so-happen-here. And something unsettling IS absolutely happening: ecological terror and sci-fi, cults, paranoia. With prose as precise and dazzling as a diamond, \u003c\/em\u003eThe Deading\u003cem\u003e is a masterwork.”\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eCaroline Leavitt\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003ePictures of You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49350339952944,"sku":"BDiokt","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49473293222192,"sku":"ZEiokt","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49473293254960,"sku":"ZMiokt","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/571391-iokt-Square.jpg?v=1734283052","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-iokt","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}