{"product_id":"the-children-of-the-pool-paperback","title":"The Children of the Pool - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Machen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAncient ritual. A lineage of madness. The monstrous survival of the past in the present.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Children of the Pool\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a late-career short story by \u003cstrong\u003eArthur Machen\u003c\/strong\u003e that revisits his central themes of primordial evil, hidden pagan cults, and the persistence of the grotesque past in modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story is told primarily through the investigation of a narrator, often a scholar or a curious amateur, into a series of \u003cstrong\u003eunsettling events and unsettling characters\u003c\/strong\u003e in contemporary London. The focus is on a group of seemingly ordinary people who exhibit bizarre, often violent behavior and are bound by a strange, shared lineage and dark ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMachen's horror is not centered on ghosts, but on a terrifying genetic and spiritual inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Children of the Pool\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a chilling synthesis of Machen's entire body of work, arguing that a lineage of evil and an awareness of the primordial world can lie dormant within the human race, waiting for the right moment to claim the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.07 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377533030637,"sku":"9781528704137","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/jJW0oasVTS9781528704137.webp?v=1785610110","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/the-children-of-the-pool-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}