{"product_id":"the-captive-hardcover","title":"The Captive - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKit Burgoyne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a new voice in horror comes a satirical \u003ci\u003eRosemary's Baby\u003c\/i\u003e for our conspiratorial present in which anti-capitalist activists unwittingly unleash terrifying demonic forces when they kidnap a pregnant heiress. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Ned Beauman, the Man Booker Prize-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Teleportation Accident \u003c\/i\u003eand Clarke Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eVenomous Lumpsucker\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor months, Luke and his underground revolutionary group have been planning their biggest operation yet: kidnapping 23-year-old Adeline Woolsaw. They don't want a ransom--they want to expose the Woolsaw Group, the source of Adeline's parents' enormous wealth, a vast yet largely anonymous company that runs everything from military bases and mental hospitals to commuter trains, call centers, and prisons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the revolutionaries get a shock when they bundle Adeline into their van. She's about to go into labor. And she may not object to being kidnapped, if it allows her and the baby to escape her despotic parents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt quickly becomes apparent that this is no ordinary child. He's capable of setting off deadly weather events and summoning plagues of vermin. And that's just the beginning. Luke discovers that Adeline's parents engineered the pregnancy as part of a dark bargain with an ancient evil of nearly limitless power. Now the Woolsaws and their henchmen will stop at nothing to get the infant back, so they can establish an infernal new kingdom on Earth with their grandchild on the throne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKit Burgoyne (pen name of Booker-listed author Ned Beauman) is a ruthlessly funny new voice in horror: witty, appalling, and as adept at skewering today's plutocratic overlords as he is at conjuring our most primeval nightmares.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKit Burgoyne\u003c\/b\u003e is the horror fiction pen name of Ned Beauman, who was named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Twenty Best Young British Novelists in 2013, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eBoxer, Beetle\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Goldberg Prize for Outstanding Debut Fiction); \u003ci\u003eThe Teleportation Accident\u003c\/i\u003e (longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Somerset Maugham Award); \u003ci\u003eGlow\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMadness Is Better than Defeat\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eVenomous Lumpsucker\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award). He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London. \u003ci\u003eThe Captive\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel as Kit Burgoyne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153694851135,"sku":"9781641297288","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/s0lSvw1q4n9781641297288.webp?v=1776949912","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-captive-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}