{"product_id":"the-terror-a-mystery-9781528704267","title":"The Terror - A Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Arthur Machen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Fantasy and Horror Classics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Fantasy and Horror Classics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Horror - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilence falls over the countryside. The animals have organized. And they are hunting us.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Terror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of \u003cstrong\u003eArthur Machen's\u003c\/strong\u003e most chilling and atmospheric novels, published during the height of World War I. It is a story that transforms a national crisis into a profound cosmic mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe narrative opens with a series of baffling and gruesome incidents sweeping across the British countryside, particularly in rural Wales. These are not acts of war or human crime, but \u003cstrong\u003eunnatural attacks\u003c\/strong\u003e that are almost impossible to explain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA government investigator is dispatched to uncover the source of this \"Terror.\" He slowly pieces together the unimaginable truth: the shock and omnipresent fear of the war has somehow \u003cstrong\u003ebroken the primal bond\u003c\/strong\u003e between man and beast, unleashing an atavistic intelligence in the animal kingdom. The creatures are no longer submissive; they have become the organized agents of a hidden, primordial force that intends to wipe out humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Terror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a unique work of existential and folk horror. It suggests that the true consequence of war is not just human loss, but a cosmic disruption that awakens the ancient, dark forces of the natural world against us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46472635449495,"sku":"9781528704267","price":1459.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781528704267.jpg?v=1766255389","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-terror-a-mystery-9781528704267","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}