{"title":"Marbury","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelve into the eerie world of The Marbury series, where chilling mysteries and historical secrets intertwine. Perfect for fans of gothic suspense, these tales will keep you on the edge of your seat.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"marbury-lens-book-translator-andrew-smith-sir-9781250010278","title":"The Marbury Lens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 16-year-old boy who escapes a kidnapper thinks he can forget his trauma, but instead, he loses his grip on reality and believes he's part of an alternate world called Marbury.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sixteen-year-old Jack gets drunk and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is kidnapped. He escapes, narrowly. The only person he tells is his best friend, Conner. When they arrive in London as planned for summer break, a stranger hands Jack a pair of glasses. Through the lenses, he sees another world called Marbury.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e There is war in Marbury. It is a desolate and murderous place where Jack is responsible for the survival of two younger boys. Conner is there, too. But he's trying to kill them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, Jack is falling in love with an English girl, and afraid he's losing his mind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Andrew Smith has written his most beautiful and personal novel yet, as he explores the nightmarish outer limits of what trauma can do to our bodies and our minds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"An engrossing horror\/fantasy hybrid...Nightmarish imagery is chillingly effective, and the pacing superbly builds suspense.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49530963001617,"sku":"CIN1250010276G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50974168350993,"sku":"GOR014155072","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51021960904977,"sku":"NIN9781250010278","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51693272334609,"sku":"GOR007832656","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51880592245009,"sku":"CIN1250010276VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52332921291025,"sku":"NLS9781250010278","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250010276.jpg?v=1751207522"},{"product_id":"passenger-book-translator-andrew-smith-sir-9781250004871","title":"Passenger","description":"\u003cp\u003eBest friends Jack and Conner can't stay away from Marbury. It's partly because of their obsession with this alternate world and the unresolved war that still wages there. But it's also because forces in Marbury--including the darkest of the dark, who were not revealed in \u003ci\u003eThe Marbury Lens\u003c\/i\u003e--are beckoning the boys back in order to save their friends . . . and themselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The boys try to destroy the lens that transports them to Marbury. But that dark world is not so easily reckoned with. Reality and fantasy, good and evil--Andrew Smith's masterpiece closes the loop that began with \u003ci\u003eThe Marbury Lens\u003c\/i\u003e. But is it really closed? Can it ever be?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50325495152913,"sku":"CIN125000487XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50449522917649,"sku":"CIN125000487XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51693313425681,"sku":"GOR005446511","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/125000487X.jpg?v=1751050395"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/marbury-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}