{"product_id":"butcher-the","title":"Butcher, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eYoung, Laura Kat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNEW title\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA suspenseful small-town horror novel of oppression, heartbreak and buried anguish - Shirley Jackson meets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewith the wild west setting of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWestworld\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Lady Mae turns 18, she'll inherit her mother's job as the Butcher: dismembering Settlement Five's guilty residents as payment for their petty crimes. An index finger taken for spreading salacious gossip, a foot for blasphemy, no one is exempt from punishment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut one day Winona refuses to butcher a six-year-old boy. So their leaders, known as the Deputies, come to Lady Mae's house, and, right there in the living room, murder her mother for refusing her duties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin twenty-four hours, now alone in the world, Lady Mae begins her new job. But a chance meeting years later puts her face to face with the Deputy that murdered her mother. Now Lady Mae must choose: will she flee, and start another life in the desolate mountains, forever running? Or will she seek vengeance for her mother's death even if it kills her?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA devastating, alarming page-turner infused with melancholy, humanity - and society's maddening acceptance in the face of horror.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Federal Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44285601710145,"sku":null,"price":15.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0739\/5400\/0961\/files\/9781789099034_50c96.jpg?v=1785641471","url":"https:\/\/aralantle.store\/products\/butcher-the","provider":"Aralantle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}