{"product_id":"books-eaters-of-the-dead-by-michael-crichton","title":"Eaters of the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, an epic tale of unspeakable horror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is A.D. 922. A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness . . . their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But it is not until they reach the depths of the Northland that the courtier learns the horrifying and inescapable truth: he has been enlisted by these savage, inscrutable warriors to help combat a terror that plagues them a monstrosity that emerges under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Crichton knows how to craft a tale, one that keeps the reader turning the pages. Houston Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Michael Crichton is one of our most gifted popular novelists. A true son of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. . . . A master of plausible and frightening scenarios. . . . He is a connoisseur of catastrophe. Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480597094673,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780060891565.jpg?v=1777549796","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-eaters-of-the-dead-by-michael-crichton","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}