{"product_id":"9780544084087","title":"The Shapeshifters","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Shapeshifters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Stefan Spjut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fantastic novel in every sense of the word…about the existence of trolls and other mythical creatures in the Nordic forests . . .\"—Karl Ove Knausgard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSummer 1978. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young boy disappears without a trace from a summer cabin. His mother claims he was carried away by a giant. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is never found.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTwenty-five years later, another child goes missing. This time there’s a lead, a single photograph taken by Susso Myrén. She’s devoted her life to the search for trolls, legendary giants known as stallo, who can control human thoughts and assume animal form. Convinced that the trolls are real, she follows the trail of missing children to northern Sweden. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut humans, some part stallo themselves, have been watching over the creatures for generations, and this hidden society of protectors won’t hesitate to close its deadly ranks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMixing folklore and history, suspense and the supernatural, \u003cem\u003eThe Shapeshifters\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary journey into a frozen land where myth bleeds into reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eAn On-the-Watch-for Summer Read from the \u003cem\u003eSaint Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e   \"A fun, cunning crime thriller...If you enjoy the novels of Michael Koryta or Tana French's \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Place\u003c\/em\u003e...you might eat up \u003cem\u003eThe Shapeshifters\u003c\/em\u003e.\"  —\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e   “A fantastic novel in every sense of the word…not only because Spjut has accomplished the masterstroke of writing convincingly about the existence of trolls and other mythical creatures in the Nordic forests, but also because all this unfolds in a language that captures the everyday reality we know so well, with such precision and exquisite style that the words seem to sparkle on the page.”  —Karl Ove Knausgård   “Spjut turns Scandinavian mythology upside down in a shades-of-gray world built for lovers of fantastical suspense.”  —\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e   \"This spooky novel is great for open-minded mystery\/thriller readers who enjoy a bit of genre blending as well as fantasy fans.\"  —\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780544084087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41158520275150,"sku":"9780544084087","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780544084087.jpg?v=1651388960","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780544084087","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}