{"product_id":"strangled-silence-paperback","title":"Strangled Silence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOisín McGann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAre you being watched?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore she turns twenty-one, Amina Mir intends to have one of her stories published on the front page of the \u003ci\u003eChronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. So when she gets an internship there, she's thrilled, even if it means a summer making coffee and writing human-interest stories. Then she interviews Ivor McMorris. A veteran of the war in Sinnostan, Ivor is convinced that someone interfered with his memories while he was there--but if he does anything about it, the watchers will make him disappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt first, Amina is skeptical. As the daughter of a major in the Royal Marines, she knows that veterans often suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. But when she meets Chi Sandwith, a conspiracy investigator who has spoken to dozens of soldiers like Ivor, Amina realizes that she may have stumbled upon the biggest and most terrifying government cover-up ever. Now if only she can break the story before disappearing herself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOisín McGann was born and raised in Dublin and Drogheda, County Louth, in Ireland. He studied art at Senior College Ballyfermot and Dún Laoghaire School of Art, Design \u0026amp; Technology. Before becoming an author, he worked as a freelance illustrator, serving time along the way as a pizza chef and a security guard, as well as a background artist for an animation company and an art director and copywriter in an advertising agency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2003 McGann published his first two books in the Mad Grandad series for young readers, followed by his first young adult novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Gods and Their Machines\u003c\/i\u003e. Since then, he has written several more novels for young adults, including the Wildenstern Saga, a steampunk series set in nineteenth-century Ireland, and the thrillers \u003ci\u003eStrangled Silence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRat Runners\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A full-time writer and illustrator, McGann is married, has three children, and lives somewhere in the Irish countryside.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701520896063,"sku":"9781497665798","price":31.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/671950499ebbe87aff78ab4503288120.webp?v=1765020963","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/strangled-silence-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}