{"product_id":"backpacking-through-bedlam-paperback-1","title":"Backpacking Through Bedlam - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeanan McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeanan McGuire's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated urban fantasy InCryptid series continues with the twelfth book following the Price family, cryptozoologists who study and protect the creatures living in secret all around us.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReunion, noun: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The state of being united again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReconciliation, noun: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. An act of reconciling, as when former enemies agree to an amiable truce.\u003cbr\u003e2. The process of making consistent or compatible.\u003cbr\u003e3. See also \"impossible.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice Price-Healy gave up her life for fifty years to focus completely on the search for her missing husband. The danger of focus like that is that it leaves little room for thinking about what happens \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e...and now that she's finally managed to find Thomas, she has no idea what she's supposed to do next. The fact that he comes with a surrogate daughter who may or may not have some connection to Alice's recently adopted grandson is just icing on the complicated cake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo the three of them are heading for the most complicated place in the universe: they're going home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut things on Earth have changed while Alice, Thomas, and Sally have been away. The Covenant of St. George, antagonized by Verity's declaration of war and Sarah's temporary relocation of an entire college campus, is trying to retake North America from the cryptids and cryptozoologists who've been keeping the peace for the past hundred years. And they're starting in New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice and company have barely been back for an hour before the Ocean Lady and the Queen of the Routewitches are sending them to New York to help, and they find themselves embroiled in the politics of dragons, kidnappings, and of course, the most dangerous people of all: family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGetting \"back to normal\" may be the hardest task Alice has undertaken yet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeanan McGuire\u003c\/b\u003e is a Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author. The October Daye novels are her first urban fantasy series, and the InCryptid novels are her second series, both of which have put her on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list and the Hugo ballot. She is the first person to be nominated for five Hugo Awards in a single year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.19 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731915640895,"sku":"9780756418571","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/24cfecba3ff00eb0c46282d21f8a97b6.webp?v=1765130593","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/backpacking-through-bedlam-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}