{"title":"Thomas Olde Heuvelt","description":"Thomas Olde Heuvelt (1983) is the international bestselling author of Hex, Echo, and Oracle. The lauded Hex was published in over twenty-five countries around the world and is currently in development for TV. Olde Heuvelt, whose last name in Dutch dialect means \"Old Hill,\" was the first ever translated author to win a Hugo Award for his short fiction. He lives in The Netherlands and the south of France.","products":[{"product_id":"darker-days-hardcover","title":"Darker Days - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Darker Days \u003c\/em\u003eis a meticulous work of terror, a harrowing drop into a moral nightmare. 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