{"product_id":"the-wolf-gift-random-house-large-print","title":"The Wolf Gift (Random House Large Print)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA daring new departure from the inspired creator of The Vampire Chronicles (unrelentingly erotic . . . unforgettableThe Washington Post)  Lives of the Mayfair Witches (Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literatureSan Francisco Chronicle)  and the angels of The Songs of the Seraphim (remarkableAssociated Press). A whole new worldmodern  sleek  high-techand at its center  a story as old and compelling as history: the making of a werewolf  reimagined and reinvented as only Anne Rice  teller of mesmerizing tales  conjurer extraordinaire of other realms  could create.  The time is the present.  The place  the rugged coast of Northern California. A bluff high above the Pacific. A grand mansion full of beauty and tantalizing history set against a towering redwood forest.  A young reporter on assignment from the San Francisco Observer . . . An older woman welcoming him into her magnificent family home that he has been sent to write about and that she must sell with some urgency . . . A chance encounter between two unlikely people . . . An idyllic nightshattered by horrific unimaginable violence  the young man inexplicably attackedbittenby a beast he cannot see in the rural darkness . . . A violent episode that sets in motion a terrifying yet seductive transformation  as the young man  caught between ecstasy and horror  between embracing who he is evolving into and fearing what he will become  soon experiences the thrill of the wolf gift.  As he resists the paradoxical pleasure and enthrallment of his wolfen savagery and delights in the power and (surprising) capacity for good  he is caught up in a strange and dangerous rescue and is desperately hunted as the Man Wolf by authorities  the media  and scientists (evidence of DNA threatens to reveal his dual existence) . . . As a new and profound love enfolds him  questions emerge that propel him deeper into his mysterious new world: questions of why and how he has been given this gift; of its true nature and the curious but satisfying pull towards goodness; of the profound realization that there may be others like him who are watchingguardian creatures who have existed throughout time who possess ancient secrets and alchemical knowledge. And throughout it all  the search for salvation for a soul tormented by a new realm of temptations  and the fraught  exhilarating journey  still to come  of being and becoming  fully  both wolf and man.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44950277390389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307990761","price":91.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307990761.jpg?v=1770103907","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-wolf-gift-random-house-large-print","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}