{"title":"Nick Medina","description":"Born in Chicago, Illinois, and a member of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, Nick Medina writes horror, crime, and mystery fiction that pairs social issues with local and Native American folklore. In addition to writing, he enjoys live music, ghost stories, and spending time with family. 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Now, he's learning to navigate a new life in a wheelchair, back on the reservation where he grew up, relying on his grandparents' care while he recovers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd he's being haunted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis girlfriend, Jade, insists he just needs time to adjust to his new reality as a quadriplegic, that it's his traumatized mind playing tricks on him, but Henry knows better. As the specter haunting him creeps closer each night, Henry battles to find a way to endure, to rid himself of the horror stalking him. Worried that this dread might plague him forever, he realizes the only way to exile his phantom is by confronting his troubled past and going back to the events that led to his injury. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt all started when he whistled at night....","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102850257119,"sku":"9780593820407","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Bz2LiDYY1I9780593820407.webp?v=1781087472"},{"product_id":"indian-burial-ground-paperback","title":"Indian Burial Ground - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and \u003ci\u003espeaks\u003c\/i\u003e. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of \u003ci\u003eSisters of the Lost Nation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on--just like her beloved Uncle Louie before her--things are finally looking up for Noemi. Until the news of her boyfriend's apparent suicide brings her world crumbling down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the facts about Roddy's death just don't add up, and Noemi isn't the only one who suspects that something menacing might be lurking within their tribal lands. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter over a decade away, Uncle Louie has returned to the reservation, bringing with him a past full of secrets, horror, and what might be the key to determining Roddy's true cause of death. Together, Noemi and Louie set out to find answers...but as they get closer to the truth, Noemi begins to wonder whether it might be best for some secrets to remain buried.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103783162079,"sku":"9780593546895","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/zLX13X_Zis9780593546895.webp?v=1781097613"},{"product_id":"sisters-of-the-lost-nation-paperback","title":"Sisters of the Lost Nation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book by \u003ci\u003eBarnes and Noble ∙ BuzzFeed \u003c\/i\u003e∙ \u003ci\u003eGoodReads\u003c\/i\u003e ∙ \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e ∙ \u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e ∙ Ms. Magazine ∙ SheReads ∙ Amazon Editor's Pick ∙ Tor.com ∙ and more!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's reservation leads her to delve into the myths and stories of her people, all while being haunted herself, in this atmospheric and stunningly poignant debut.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna Horn is always looking over her shoulder. For the bullies who torment her, for the entitled visitors at the reservation's casino...and for the nameless, disembodied entity that stalks her every step--an ancient tribal myth come-to-life, one that's intent on devouring her whole. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith strange and sinister happenings occurring around the casino, Anna starts to suspect that not all the horrors on the reservation are old. As girls begin to go missing and the tribe scrambles to find answers, Anna struggles with her place on the rez, desperately searching for the key she's sure lies in the legends of her tribe's past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Anna's own little sister also disappears, she'll do anything to bring Grace home. 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