{"product_id":"the-wendigo","title":"The Wendigo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the man who knows the forest best is the first to fear it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Algernon Blackwood’s The Wendigo, a hunting party enters the northern Canadian woods in search of moose. Camp life promises quiet, but the forest begins to feel less welcoming. Joseph Défago, a skilled French Canadian guide, grows afraid of something unseen. His fear unsettles the people who depend on his knowledge of the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the party divides to hunt, young divinity student Simpson camps with Défago in a place that feels increasingly wrong. Simpson’s uncle, Dr. Cathcart, trusts science and common sense. Yet the vast woods offer little comfort to a practical mind. Blackwood lets silence, landscape and suggestion build dread, bringing reason up against something it cannot name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA guide’s unsettling fear\u003c\/strong\u003e – Feel the unease deepen as a capable woodsman loses his confidence in familiar country.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeauty with a threat\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter a wilderness where lovely surroundings can seem menacing without warning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReason meets the unknown\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Dr. Cathcart’s practical outlook as the forest challenges what he can explain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDread without loud shocks\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how silence and suggestion make the smallest signs feel deeply troubling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFear within a group\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch one man’s growing terror unsettle companions far from the comfort of town.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love slow, atmospheric ghost stories, wilderness settings and suggested horrors, or want a first encounter with Blackwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and follow the hunters to the edge of the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534658568540,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/01302_en_ebook-front_c20.jpg?v=1792175017","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/the-wendigo","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}