{"title":"Luke Larkin","description":"Luke Larkin is a queer writer living and working in Big Sky Country, where he received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Montana. The Unheld is his debut novel.","products":[{"product_id":"the-unheld-hardcover","title":"The Unheld - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStartling monsters and occult oddities abound in this chilling horror Western as a girl journeys across the haunted Montana Territory to rescue her father from an otherworldly creature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie's life is a lonely one. While other twelve-year-olds are in school, she spends her days skinning the animals her mercurial father hunts in the woods just outside their cabin. And the woods and its twisted creatures--an owl with four wings, a boar with two heads, a fox with gills--are becoming stranger by the day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night, a nightmarish beast appears and drags Charlie's father into the wilderness. To find him, she enlists the aid of two unlikely allies also in search of the beast: an Englishman with a connection to a mysterious occult society and a Northern Cheyenne policeman exiled for a crime he didn't commit. Yet as the trio prepare for the confrontation with the beast, Charlie must decide if her father, a brusque man who has always withheld his affection, is ultimately worth saving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its blend of Western grit and supernatural menace, \u003ci\u003eThe Unheld\u003c\/i\u003e is an unsettling and atmospheric horror novel about loneliness, human connection, and how we find each other in a world that seems designed to alienate. With this assured debut, Luke Larkin marks his arrival in the genre and proves the American frontier still harbors untapped stories in its shadows.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51375390490847,"sku":"9781368117210","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/j0mftweGVV9781368117210.webp?v=1789200197"},{"product_id":"the-unheld-paperback","title":"The Unheld - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStartling monsters and occult oddities abound in this chilling horror Western as a girl journeys across the haunted Montana Territory to rescue her father from an otherworldly creature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie's life is a lonely one. While other twelve-year-olds are in school, she spends her days skinning the animals her mercurial father hunts in the woods just outside their cabin. And the woods and its twisted creatures--an owl with four wings, a boar with two heads, a fox with gills--are becoming stranger by the day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night, a nightmarish beast appears and drags Charlie's father into the wilderness. To find him, she enlists the aid of two unlikely allies also in search of the beast: an Englishman with a connection to a mysterious occult society and a Northern Cheyenne policeman exiled for a crime he didn't commit. Yet as the trio prepare for the confrontation with the beast, Charlie must decide if her father, a brusque man who has always withheld his affection, is ultimately worth saving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its blend of Western grit and supernatural menace, \u003ci\u003eThe Unheld\u003c\/i\u003e is an unsettling and atmospheric horror novel about loneliness, human connection, and how we find each other in a world that seems designed to alienate. With this assured debut, Luke Larkin marks his arrival in the genre and proves the American frontier still harbors untapped stories in its shadows.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51375419883743,"sku":"9781368117227","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/npGsyzU8a89781368117227.webp?v=1789200264"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/luke-larkin.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}