{"product_id":"the-happy-valley-9798986744544","title":"The Happy Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this \"heavily immersive\" (Kirkus) kaleidoscopic voyage through the past, present, and future of the United States, a young girl uncovers a secret society, a middle-aged man searches for his lost first love, a group of teens invent a role-playing game, protests threaten to topple the government, and an eccentric lawyer and his young Vietnamese protégée re-open a dormant case. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A knotty, philosophical mystery dense with lingering regrets.\" \u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1990s in Harmony Valley, a rural, Upstate New York village faded from its 18th and 19th century heyday, a group of teens engaged in an idiosyncratic role-playing game cross paths with June, a mysterious girl whose family has deep roots in the area, and Clyde Duane, a janitor who makes weekly visits to a strange room-the headquarters of a\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003esecret society-opening its door with a golden, serpent-headed key. Meanwhile an eccentric Utica lawyer pulls his young Vietnamese protégée into their firm's special case, which stretches back to the 1840s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, in 2034, as the United States is breaking apart and a new way of life taking shape, June has disappeared. The mystery of her disappearance inspires a journey back to \"The Happy Valley,\" and a reevaluation of the past that exposes the dark personal and societal secrets betraying our founding myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis atmospheric mystery, at turns gothic, poetic, cerebral, and funny, ranges from rural New York to the outer reaches of the Zebulon Galaxy; from the 1700s to the 4th decade of the 21st century. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is 414 pages, with 66 full-page b\u0026amp;w illustrations by the author that \"recall the excitability of middle-grade stories\" (Kirkus), and includes an \u003cem\u003eAppendix\u003c\/em\u003e with a \u003cem\u003eTimeline, \u003c\/em\u003e and a detailed \u003cem\u003eReading Group Guide.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15572746\"\u003eBenjamin Harnett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Serpent Key Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798986744544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8986744546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC055000\"\u003eDystopian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022000\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Serpent Key Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44522981130477,"sku":"9798986744544","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7353008e-71d7-41e0-b2b1-9b8b8feab418.jpg?v=1701310793","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-happy-valley-9798986744544","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}