{"product_id":"the-fire-that-lies-beneath-a-lake-gaston-mystery-paperback","title":"The Fire That Lies Beneath: A Lake Gaston Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn 85-page, 90-minute Lake Gaston mystery - a quick read for the dock, not your whole vacation.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome places don't want to be disturbed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong before Lake Gaston covered the valley, six hunters made camp beside a small mound on the Roanoke River. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the second night, something happened on that mound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy dawn, they were gone. No footprints. No fire. Only the mound, silent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1961 - The Roanoke River valley is being cleared for what will become Lake Gaston.\u003cbr\u003eConstruction worker Jack Harris is pushing dirt when a small, overgrown mound stops his bulldozer cold every time he approaches it. Then two local boys are chased off the mound by a small man in buckskins the kids call Grey Wolf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack calls his friend Elliott Thompson, a local historian from South Hill, to help figure out what the mound is and why it seems to want to be left alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat they learn suggests some ground is meant to stay protected - and something ancient is still guarding what lies beneath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Fire That Lies Beneath is Book 1 of the Lake Gaston Short Story Series - a short, atmospheric, supernatural mystery. An original story set in real Virginia and North Carolina places. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Thompson Story Studio - where real regional history meets imagined mystery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBook 2: The Captain's Ledger\u003cbr\u003eBook 3: Echoes in Time - The Bracey General Store\u003cbr\u003eBook 4: Currents of Change - The Occaneechi","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67917013024991,"sku":"9798892927932","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5mhzUdbsOL9798892927932.webp?v=1791035547","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-fire-that-lies-beneath-a-lake-gaston-mystery-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}