{"product_id":"the-calamities-fiends","title":"The Calamities (Fiends)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Calamities\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Vivid, unsettling, and darkly compelling, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Calamities\u003c\/i\u003e is Chuck Wendig at his best.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Veronica Roth\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"The Calamities\u003c\/i\u003e is a twisting, winding river of darkness--part ink-black Gothic tale, part brutal family saga, and housed in a demonic nesting doll of a dark fantasy novel. Taken as a whole, it reminds me yet again of Wendig's wildly lethal range and versatility when it comes to horror. The guy is, simply put, unstoppable.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Keith Rosson, author of \u003ci\u003eCoffin Moon \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most terrifying thing about these demons is how human they are. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Calamities \u003c\/i\u003eis a delightfully brutal and inventive take on demonology from the blast furnace of Wendig's imagination. A gore-stained epic.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Chris Panatier, author of \u003ci\u003eDaytide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorry Box\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A massively ambitious, classic horror free-for-all that's macabre, smart, and FUN.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Langan, author of \u003ci\u003eGood Neighbors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrad Wife\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Staircase in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chuck Wendig is the Frank Lloyd Wright of horror, and here's his masterstroke of malaise. \n\u003ci\u003e The Staircase in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is a true blueprint for terror.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Clay McLeod Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chuck Wendig weaves his magic once more, turning a lonely staircase in the woods into a searing, propulsive, dread-filled exploration of the horrors of knowing and being known. I'd follow him anywhere.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kiersten White\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A masterclass in character . . . Unputdownable, with imagery that cuts like a knife--this is Chuck Wendig at the top of his game.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Thomas Olde Heuvelt\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chuck Wendig has given us another stunner. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Staircase in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is as mysterious, alluring, heartbreaking, ever-shifting, and unnervingly powerful as the nature of friendship itself.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Nat Cassidy\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Heart-wrenching and anxiety inducing . . . As if the crew from Stephen King's \n\u003ci\u003eIT\u003c\/i\u003e were thrown into the chaotic hallways of Mark Danielewski's \n\u003ci\u003eHouse of Leaves, The Staircase in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e will become lodged in your mind, if you let it in.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Jenny Kiefer\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chuck Wendig has crafted a very sinister take on the familiar urban legend. Highly original and deeply disturbing, this one will stick with you.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Gwendolyn Kiste\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Staircase in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is delicious, disorienting, and deeply captivating. It will pull at the threads of your psyche in the best way until you feel like you just emerged from the most exquisite nightmare.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Alaina Urquhart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChuck Wendig \u003c\/b\u003eis the \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eWanderers, The Book of Accidents, Wayward, \u003c\/i\u003e and more than two dozen other books for adults and young adults. A finalist for the Astounding Award and an alumnus of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, he has also written comics, games, and for film and television. He's known for his popular blog, terribleminds, and books about writing such as \n\u003ci\u003e Damn Fine Story\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe heir to one of the world's most influential families reckons with the demonic secret of their power in this contemporary dark fantasy that melds occult magic with shocking family drama, from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Accidents\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Vivid, unsettling, and darkly compelling, \u003ci\u003eThe Calamities\u003c\/i\u003e is Chuck Wendig at his best.\"--#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Veronica Roth \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMourning Mayne knows he'll one day bear the duty of managing his family's vast empire of wealth and power. But the feckless Mourning has always struggled to accept this legacy of cruelty, domination, and exploitation . . . and something even darker. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause the Maynes are no ordinary family: Hidden in our world are the fiends--half-human, half-demon, and possessed of a dark magic born from buying human souls--and the Maynes are one of the oldest and most influential fiendish families. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Mourning's estranged father, the formidable and terrifying Hadrian Mayne, demands that Mourning return to the fold, he has to decide whether to accept his legacy and embrace his role in the family or to forge his own destiny, and with it, change the course of the world. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause along the way home, he will meet Key, a black-market seller of human souls, and Quinn, an artist who may hold the dark truth behind the fate of the fiends. 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