{"title":"Muriel Gray","description":"Muriel Gray was born in Glasgow in 1958, is a BA honours graduate in graphic design and illustration of the Glasgow School of Art, and worked as a professional illustrator before joining the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh as assistant head of design.","products":[{"product_id":"the-ancient-paperback","title":"The Ancient - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlien, on a container ship.\u003cbr\u003e'Scary and unputdownable', Stephen King\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmongst towering mountains of trash in the backstreets of Lima, three young boys are trying to raise an ancient demon. They don't think their incantation has worked; but that night a teenage drugrunner is gunned down across their makeshift altar. As his killers walk away, his body stirs. Not because it still contains a spark of life. But because something is stirring beneath it...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePort Callao. The MV Lysicrates, a three-quarter-mile long supertanker, is being loaded with hundreds of tonnes of trash. Watching from the bridge, in a bleary state of hungover gloom, is second-in-command Matthew Cotton; more interesting is the arrival of a young American student who has missed the boat she should have been on.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey should have paid more attention to the trash.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith its powerful blend of superb characterisation and demonic horror, Muriel Gray's new novel is her best yet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374358298847,"sku":"9780008158262","price":14.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QVPMqlEplx9780008158262.webp?v=1789178813"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/muriel-gray.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}