{"title":"Cole Townsend","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"spider-moon-curse-of-the-gold-crescent-paperback","title":"Spider Moon: Curse of the Gold Crescent - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young journalist is given the assignment to verify the existence of a large, flesh-eating spider roaming the Amazon's underbrush. The giant eight-legged creature was rumored to have attacked livestock and people with lightning speed, and always during a full moon. With Alberto as his Peruvian guide, the young reporter sets out on a journey to discover the truth for himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlberto was a former bush pilot who crash-landed his small single-engine plane while on a mercy mission over the Amazon. He was grateful when the fierce and reclusive \u003cem\u003eToromona\u003c\/em\u003e tribe saw him 'fall from the sky' -- he was grateful too that they spared his life and nursed him back to health\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eHe learned to speak their language and took part in their religious ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe villagers told Alberto the spider was the size of a mid-sized dog -- with eight legs bristling with hair, and a powerful jaw armed with a deadly pair of four-inch, black hollow fangs -- fangs that injected a powerful venom and could dispatch a fully grown man in seconds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eToromona\u003c\/em\u003e called the creature \u003cem\u003eAh-bee-too -- \u003c\/em\u003ea name that meant\u003cem\u003e 'black hollow fang' i\u003c\/em\u003en their language. They\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ebelieved it was the supernatural forces of a solid gold crescent-shaped necklace worn by their Chieftain that protected them against the creature's deadly fangs\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlberto had never seen the giant spider, but he had seen the Chieftain's necklace -- and saw it as an opportunity for quick riches. He was about to learn that the Amazon does not give up her secrets easily, or to just anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67836516761823,"sku":"9781896817514","price":9.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/scUmRkHq1d9781896817514.webp?v=1790769106"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/cole-townsend.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}