{"product_id":"the-haunted-hills-a-romance-9798318840609","title":"The Haunted Hills: A Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the misty foothills, the valley remembers everything...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1854, two orphaned children arrive by train at a tiny Virginia hamlet in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Perry and Pert Treadway, dressed in Cincinnati finery and blinking at a world utterly foreign to them, have come to be raised by their father's eccentric family on a remote sprawling farm. A formidable aunt, a patriarchal grandfather, and a sharp, grinning slave boy named Tip are the first to greet them. They will not be the last strange souls the children encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the years unspool, Perry and Pert grow up in a valley thick with mystery, folklore, and secrets both human and otherworldly. Neighbors both generous and menacing drift through their lives. Free blacks and enslaved people navigate a world of brutal contradictions just beyond the farmhouse door. And something in the hills themselves seems alive, watching, shaping destinies no one fully understands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the War comes, and the valley that sheltered them begins to tear itself apart. Everything they have known, every bond of family, loyalty, and love, is tested by the fire of a nation dividing against itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweeping American epic in the tradition of Dickens, \u003cem\u003eThe Haunted Hills\u003c\/em\u003e braids history, magic realism, humor, and horror into a story of two children becoming who they were always meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome places raise you. Some places haunt you. Some do both.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne Mergler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palmetto Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798318840609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMergler, Wayne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Wayne Mergler is a lifelong educator, bookseller, and published anthology editor who has spent more than fifty years in Alaska. Born in Virginia's Blue Ridge foothills, he draws on his deep roots in Southern landscape, folklore, and history to craft The Haunted Hills: A Romance, a sweeping Dickensian epic of family, magic, and the Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Wayne Mergler \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48910135361693,"sku":"9798318840609","price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d54c085b-eac5-4909-a19d-21027d1ea594.jpg?v=1789456289","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-haunted-hills-a-romance-9798318840609","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}