{"product_id":"the-jackals-hourglass-9798298742566","title":"The Jackal's Hourglass","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Philip Stengel\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychological\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the burning silence of the Western Desert, archaeologist Dr. Leila Nassar unearths something that should never have been found-a seamless slab of black basalt marked only with the sigil of a jackal. Beneath it lies not a tomb, but a vault. Inside: an alabaster box holding an impossible hourglass, its black sand flowing upward against gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen time itself stutters, Leila and her team realize too late that this is no relic of worship-it is a ledger. The Jackal does not weigh hearts. It measures debt. Every life spared comes at a cost, and every grain of reversed sand must be repaid in years stolen from the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs shadows warp and faces age overnight, the expedition is caught in a catastrophic bargain with an ancient banker of time. Marcus Vance, their ruthless financier, sees opportunity in the artifact's cruel arithmetic. Leila sees only doom. And the desert, patient and unyielding, waits to collect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jackal's Hourglass\u003c\/i\u003e is a folkloric horror thriller steeped in Egyptian myth, survival terror, and the unbearable weight of cosmic debt. Fans of historical horror and mythic dread will find themselves trapped in a story where every second carries a price-and the sand never stops climbing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46333610328215,"sku":"9798298742566","price":1353.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798298742566.webp?v=1768670020","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-jackals-hourglass-9798298742566","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}