{"product_id":"nowhere-burning","title":"Nowhere Burning","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fire-scarred ranch in the Colorado Rockies takes in runaway children and asks nothing up front. Catriona Ward turns that sanctuary into a horror novel with \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/em\u003e in its bones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA USA Today bestseller, according to the publisher.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStarred review from Publishers Weekly; also reviewed in Booklist and Library Journal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDraws on \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e, as the publisher describes it, and moves between timelines and narrators.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover from Tor Nightfire, published February 24, 2026; 304 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent note: children in danger, a troubled family and violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRiley and Oliver, a sister and brother, slip out of an unhappy home at night and head for Nowhere, a ranch once owned by an eccentric movie star and now held by a closed circle of runaways. Freedom looks close. Then the burned ground and the group's guarded rules begin to show what shelter there costs. Ward tells the story across more than one timeline and point of view, and keeps the reader unsure which account to trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the Tor Nightfire hardcover. It suits horror readers who like dread built slowly from place and memory, and readers drawn to dark retellings of childhood stories. At Nowhere, every shelter stands on ground that has already burned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCatriona Ward read English at Oxford and later took a master's in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. She has three times received the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel, for \u003cem\u003eThe Girl from Rawblood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLittle Eve\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Last House on Needless Street\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eLittle Eve\u003c\/em\u003e additionally took the Shirley Jackson Award, and \u003cem\u003eSundial\u003c\/em\u003e received the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Hardcover Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Nightfire","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48026738262165,"sku":"NEW-ING-1250860059","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/upload-1789784986814.jpg?v=1789784988","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/nowhere-burning","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}