{"product_id":"the-loney","title":"The Loney","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Loney\u003c\/em\u003e is not just good, it's great. It's an amazing piece of fiction\", Stephen King\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEaster 1976. Two teenage brothers, one mute, the other his lifelong protector, set off on a retreat with their parents and others from their church to a Catholic shrine on a wild, ever-changing stretch of Lancashire coastline known as the Loney.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLed by new incumbent Father Bernard, the pilgrims dutifully observe the traditions leading up to the Resurrection, but the boys learn that there is a much older, darker power to be found in the landscape itself, one which is being tapped by strange rituals on the tidal island of Coldbarrow. Many years later, a child's body is discovered, and the two brothers are forced to confront the horrors of the past. The Loney always gives up its secrets, in the end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the 2015 Costa First Novel Award; British Book Awards Book of the Year 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Andrew Michael Hurley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54510569488723,"sku":"9781473619852","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1071\/6997\/2563\/files\/9781473619852.jpg?v=1786376458","url":"https:\/\/www.vanitaspress.co.uk\/products\/the-loney","provider":"Vanitas Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}