{"product_id":"the-fire-that-lies-beneath-a-lake-gaston-mystery-paperback","title":"The Fire That Lies Beneath: A Lake Gaston Mystery - 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\u003eKathy M. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn B. Jr. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn 85-page, 90-minute Lake Gaston mystery - a quick read for the dock, not your whole vacation.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome places don't want to be disturbed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong before Lake Gaston covered the valley, six hunters made camp beside a small mound on the Roanoke River. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the second night, something happened on that mound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy dawn, they were gone. No footprints. No fire. Only the mound, silent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1961 - The Roanoke River valley is being cleared for what will become Lake Gaston.\u003cbr\u003eConstruction worker Jack Harris is pushing dirt when a small, overgrown mound stops his bulldozer cold every time he approaches it. Then two local boys are chased off the mound by a small man in buckskins the kids call Grey Wolf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack calls his friend Elliott Thompson, a local historian from South Hill, to help figure out what the mound is and why it seems to want to be left alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat they learn suggests some ground is meant to stay protected - and something ancient is still guarding what lies beneath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Fire That Lies Beneath is Book 1 of the Lake Gaston Short Story Series - a short, atmospheric, supernatural mystery. An original story set in real Virginia and North Carolina places. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Thompson Story Studio - where real regional history meets imagined mystery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBook 2: The Captain's Ledger\u003cbr\u003eBook 3: Echoes in Time - The Bracey General Store\u003cbr\u003eBook 4: Currents of Change - The Occaneechi\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532097466589,"sku":"9798892927932","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/5mhzUdbsOL9798892927932.webp?v=1788969976","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-fire-that-lies-beneath-a-lake-gaston-mystery-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}