{"product_id":"the-ship-of-death-a-novel-by-kyle-winkler","title":"The Ship of Death: A Novel by Kyle Winkler","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDATE OF RELEASE: 29 SEPT 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Mind f*cking melting.” —BENJAMIN PERCY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Cosmically creepy as hell. A nightmarish experience.” —DAN CHAON\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Every turn of the page is a creepy as f*ck critical success D20 roll. Winkler warmed my nerd heart while draining its blood.” — SEQUOIA NAGAMATSU\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHorror Movie meets The Blair Witch Project in this supernatural chokehold of a book told entirely through found documents: the cursed story of an unwitting couple ensnared by a mysterious tabletop role-playing game, who are commanded, as the game’s intentions become clearer, to do the unthinkable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCole and Lorraine playtest board games for some extra cash as they save up to buy a home. But after a series of bizarre coincidences, and signing a strange NDA, the couple finds on their porch a mysterious indie developer’s tabletop role-playing game called The Ship of Death. The game relies heavily on the players’ imaginations, and takes up an ever-growing amount of space: in their kitchen, and in their minds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs its true sinister nature becomes clearer, and its forces capture more in its web, the boundary between the game and reality begins to dissolve. . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the pair are instructed to possess a stranger’s soul. Told entirely through game reports, emails, game forum posts, personal journals, and police reports, reading The Ship of Death feels like a dangerous dice roll. It’s a sleep-stealing, possession-inducing work of intense, intelligent found cosmic horror that announces Kyle Winkler as a spectacular voice in the genre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback \u003cbr\u003ePublication: 29 Sept 2026, Harper Collins \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780063492356\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e256 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57929365422462,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780063492356.jpg?v=1787915717","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/the-ship-of-death-a-novel-by-kyle-winkler","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}