{"product_id":"toxin-by-ouida-paperback","title":"Toxin, by Ouida (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a precious opal heirloom slips from a young widow's throat into the Venetian lagoon, no one imagines what the loss will set in motion. Months later, the necklace washes up on a forgotten marsh island -- and into the hands of two travelers whose meeting will alter every life it touches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne is a generous Sicilian aristocrat, warm-hearted and barely twenty-four. The other is a brilliant English surgeon who has long since traded conscience for the cold pursuit of physiological knowledge, a man who regards human beings as little more than specimens for his blade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning the necklace to its owner draws all three into a fatal triangle. The young nobleman courts the widow with sincere devotion; the surgeon, unable to win her by warmth, sets out to possess her by other means. As one will steadily bends another, a quiet poisoning of body and spirit unfolds beneath the songs of the gondolier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184466493649,"sku":"9781667667539","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781667667539_FC.jpg?v=1784069982","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/toxin-by-ouida-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}