{"title":"Spec Fic","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the best and latest speculative fiction titles from Quill \u0026amp; Crow Publishing House.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eye-of-the-ouroboros","title":"Eye of the Ouroboros","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eEye of the Ouroboros by Megan Bontrager\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe woods surrounding the insular town of Mill Creek, West Virginia, have a habit of taking people and refusing to give them back. The National Parks Service Search and Rescue Team knows this, just like they know when you find a door in the woods, you don’t go through it. But park ranger Theo Buchanan has a knack for sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong. 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