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Now, working hand-in-hand with Kelleher and Knapp, and incorporating never-before-seen new revelations, writer Zac Thompson (X-Men Unlimited, Undone By Blood) with Valeria Burzo (Castle Full of Blackbirds) adapts the category-defying tale in a series perfect for fans of I Hate This Place and The Low, Low Woods! Collects Hunt for the Skinwalker #1-4.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44583357382834,"sku":"9781608861569","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781608861569_83c434a1-2ec4-4936-9027-e31cb4167949.jpg?v=1786023113"},{"product_id":"9781506742809","title":"Into the Unbeing Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eLose yourself inside its innards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of climate scientists working in a remote base camp on the Australian outback discover an impossible landform. 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Now, the last survivors of a climate science team are trapped inside with only a mysterious humanoid known as The Stranger to guide them out. This incomprehensible Stranger claims to be a 19th Century British explorer. It claims to know the way back to the surface. It claims a new world is on its way. Perhaps if you listen closely, you can hear it breathing. But what is the cost of this new world? And who will be left to live in it? Picking up directly after the events of Part One, the remaining survivors form a distrustful and desperate team. Together they must journey across impossible landscapes and contend with their own changing biology in order to find their way back home. As their journey into the Unbeing deepens, the series' most disturbing questions are answered... but the answers offer little comfort. 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