{"product_id":"the-bedlam-stacks","title":"The Bedlam Stacks","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Indie Next Pick  The eagerly anticipated new novel from the author of THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET--a treacherous quest in the magical landscape of nineteenth-century Peru.  In 1859  ex-East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall after sustaining an injury that almost cost him his leg. On the sprawling  crumbling grounds of the old house  something is wrong; a statue moves  his grandfathers pines explode  and his brother accuses him of madness.  When the India Office recruits Merrick for an expedition to fetch quinine--essential for the treatment of malaria--from deep within Peru  he knows its a terrible idea. Nearly every able-bodied expeditionary whos made the attempt has died  and he can barely walk. But Merrick is desperate to escape everything at home  so he sets off  against his better judgment  for a tiny mission colony on the edge of the Amazon where a salt line on the ground separates town from forest. Anyone who crosses is killed by something that watches from the trees  but somewhere beyond the salt are the quinine woods  and the way around is blocked.  Surrounded by local stories of lost time  cursed woods  and living rock  Merrick must separate truth from fairytale and find out what befell the last expeditions; why the villagers are forbidden to go into the forest; and what is happening to Raphael  the young priest who seems to have known Merricks grandfather  who visited Peru many decades before. The Bedlam Stacks is the story of a profound friendship that grows in a place that seems just this side of magical.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44959012880437,"sku":"ByrdShop_1620409674","price":27.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781620409671.jpg?v=1770370848","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-bedlam-stacks","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}