{"product_id":"dark-waves-a-great-lakes-gothic","title":"Dark Waves \/\/ A Great Lakes Gothic (Pre-order, Jan 26 2027)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEscaping foster care, two sisters encounter the natural—and supernatural—entities of the North American Great Lakes on an otherworldly quest homeward to the matriarchal commune where they were raised in this Gothic eco-horror novel for fans of Catriona Ward, T. Kingfisher, Kay Chronister, and Vincent Tirado.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Great Lakes: Huron. Ontario. Michigan. Erie. Superior. Their waters teem with life. Humans have taken advantage of their natural resources for generations. After being poached, polluted, and poisoned for centuries, they have survived, forced to coexist with the toxicity that has tainted them. Thousands of sailors have lost their lives to shipwrecks on the lakes. In the winter, the lakes are at their most angry, and their most powerful. Shipwrecking storms and ravenous vampire fish are just the beginning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmidst this setting, teenage sisters Sylvie and Marie-Ève George run away from their foster home and stow away on a Great Lakes bulk freighter, kicking off a supernatural odyssey. The girls grew up isolated from society, on a secluded island on the St. Lawrence River. But after the government removes them from their mother’s care, Sylvie and Marie-Ève will do anything to get back home, including journeying 1,500 miles across the lakes. They face dangerous smugglers, foul-mouthed sailors, a matriarchal cult of witches—and the everpresent threat of the lakes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNature remembers, and it doesn’t forgive. Mr. Martin Williams, an industrialist with investment in every part of the lakes, has employed the George family for generations. His crimes against the Great Lakes are never forgotten, and trickle down through his bloodline. His choices ripple outward through time all the way to Sylvie and Marie-Ève.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the haunting journey to find family and a place to call home, Allison Mick’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Waves\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a supernatural adventure combining the social commentary of Octavia Butler and the multigenerational family drama of T. Kingfisher’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Twisted Ones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAllison Mick\u003c\/b\u003e is a comedian, visual artist, voice actor, and acclaimed author of eco-horror and speculative fiction, including \u003ci\u003eHumboldt Cut, Dive, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDark Waves. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work appears in \u003ci\u003eTrailer Park Boys: Big A$$ Comic Collection\u003c\/i\u003e (Devil’s Due Comics), \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Times \u003c\/i\u003e(Mariner Books), the Los Suelos, CA interactive fiction anthology, Huffpo, Reductress, The Hard Times, and Macaulay Culkin’s BunnyEars.com. She also voices Cougara on the Adult Swim Shorts series \u003ci\u003eHigh Moon Queen\u003c\/i\u003e. Originally from the Greak Lakes, she owes money to Williams College and Northeastern University School of Law, trained in the San Francisco\/Oakland standup comedy scene, and now lives in Los Angeles, CA. Visit her online at allison-mick.com.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Erewhon Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: January 26, 2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9781645662228\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.0 inches | 1.3 pounds\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Popular Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Allison Mick","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, Jan 26 2027) Hardcover","offer_id":49135498952939,"sku":"9781645662228","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/cover_coming_soon.png?v=1784938324","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/dark-waves-a-great-lakes-gothic","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}