{"title":"Paul Murdoch","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-magic-scales-paperback","title":"The Magic Scales - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen James's father disappears up on the moor, the whole village, including James's mum, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethinks David Peck has simply 'done a runner'. Unconvinced, James tries to retrace his father's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esteps and soon finds a weird footprint near the old circle of stones up on the moor. His mind runs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eriot and in his struggle to get back to the village, he has an asthma attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe soon encounters a wizard called Mendel, banished to Scotland in the form of a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egoldfish. The wizard makes a pact with James that will take the boy and many of the villagers of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrumfintley on a quest to the doomed world of Denthan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVillage rivalries and family tensions reach breaking point in a world where monsters compete to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esurvive Denthan's inevitable destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill James find his dad? Will the villagers escape Denthan in time?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich of the four ancient races of Denthan will avoid extinction?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599434092767,"sku":"9781908898722","price":19.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VHuuC65dNQ9781908898722.webp?v=1784881526"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/paul-murdoch.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}