{"product_id":"the-shaft-cured-edition","title":"The Shaft: Special Edition Paperback","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"3092\" data-end=\"3160\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3092\" data-end=\"3160\"\u003eThree children are missing. All of them dreamed of the same man.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe children dream of the man in the mine.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Iain Rob Wright scares the hell out of me!\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— J. A. 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