{"product_id":"the-door-in-penrose-forest-isbn-9798892425964","title":"The Door in Penrose Forest","description":"\u003cb\u003eA man returns to his strange hometown twenty years after his mother climbed a staircase in the wilderness and disappeared in this speculative mystery where \u003ci\u003eWe Used to Live Here \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Library\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a boy, Nico once accompanied his mother on a research trip to  investigate a stalled migration of monarch butterflies. One night, upon  hearing her sneak out of their rented cabin, he followed her to a  clearing in the forest where a famed mansion once stood. Paralyzed with  fear, he watched his mother climb a staircase and vanish, along with the  stairs and the strange glowing door at its peak. No one believed his  story, and as he grew older, he too stopped believing it was real. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs  an adult, Nico returns to his hometown to care for his ailing father.  But something strange is happening to the town. There are unexplained  power fluctuations, people are going missing, and, reportedly, phantoms  are roaming the woods. When Nico finds his mother’s field journal from  the week she disappeared, including her account of the vanishing  staircase, he begins to pick apart the mystery. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll  the tangled strings trail back to the same starting point: the gilded  age family whose mansion burned down under mysterious circumstances in  those very same woods where his mother vanished. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqually  a compelling mystery and a moving story of family and destiny, this  speculative novel will spellbind readers of Emily St. John Mandel and  Susanna Clarke.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Door in Penrose Forest\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Robinson offers delightful, haunting historical sci-fi that melds ancient runic powers with a scientific sensibility . . . [For] fans of cozy science fiction who appreciate a dash of fantasy mixed in and will fit in well beside feel-good fantasy such as \u003ci\u003eThe House in the Cerulean Sea\u003c\/i\u003e by TJ Klune.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean David Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e is a native North Carolinian. His stage play, \u003ci\u003eStarbright\u003c\/i\u003e,  debuted off-Broadway in 2018, winning two regional awards. In 2022, he  became a member of the Novel in a Year cohort at StoryStudio Chicago,  where he worked for two years on the manuscript that would become his  debut. He lives in Asheville with his wife and their fur babies.","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233655697637,"sku":"NP9798892425964","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9798892425964.jpg?v=1767739062","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-door-in-penrose-forest-isbn-9798892425964","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}