{"product_id":"9780062476074h","title":"It Devours! (Paperback) [Fink, Joseph]","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e ‚  Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;\"\u003eA page-turning mystery exploring faith and science from the authors of the ‚  \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e ‚  bestselling novel ‚  \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Night Vale\u003c\/em\u003e ‚  and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.6667px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e ¢ € œ\u003cem\u003eIt Devours!\u003c\/em\u003e ‚  is different from other mystery novels. It is as captivating and light as any mystery novel can be but explores one of the most complex issues: the conflict between science and reason on the one hand and, on the other hand, religion and cult. ¢ € � \" ‚  \u003cem\u003eWashington Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNilanjana Sikdar is an outsider to the town of Night Vale. Working for Carlos, the town's top scientist, she relies on fact and logic as her guiding principles. But all of that is put into question when Carlos gives her a special assignment investigating a mysterious rumbling in the desert wasteland outside of town. This investigation leads her to the Joyous Congregation of the Smiling God, and to Darryl, one of its most committed members. Caught between her beliefs in the ultimate power of science and her growing attraction to Darryl, she begins to suspect the Congregation is planning a ritual that could threaten the lives of everyone in town. Nilanjana and Darryl must search for common ground between their very different world views as they are faced with the Congregation's darkest and most terrible secret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA page-turning mystery exploring the intersections of faith and science, the growing relationship between two young people who want desperately to trust each other, and the terrifying, toothy power of the Smiling God, ‚  \u003cem\u003eIt Devours!\u003c\/em\u003e ‚  will entertain both fans of ‚  \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Night Vale\u003c\/em\u003e ‚  and those discovering its extraordinary world for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32083761692746,"sku":"9780062476074","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/products\/943dc8921dbd722adf61772fabd03cee95f281e6_a46ee060-54a5-4334-89bc-29ba804f9b07.jpg?v=1589535445","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/9780062476074h","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}