[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-425888-105":59,"doc-detail-425888-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","gideon","GIDEON","","GIDEON by Stephen Laws is a horror novel centered on a violent, shocking confrontation involving Paul and his father. The excerpt depicts Paul confronting the aftermath of his father’s actions, trying to speak and communicate while overwhelmed by horror and grief. Dialogue reveals that a killing has occurred and that the situation is recurring, with a fearful spiritual undertone as characters plead and pray amid panic and immediate danger.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":10,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/gideon/425888/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/gideon/425888.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Mary Man","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-31","2026-09-28",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":52},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"Who is the author of GIDEON?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"The author is Stephen Laws.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What happens to Paul's father in the story excerpt?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Paul’s father is no longer moving, and Paul tries unsuccessfully to turn him over and speak to him.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What does the father say about what happened?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The father mentions prayer and that he hoped it was over, while Paul’s response indicates he killed someone and the horror is escalating.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},425888,1790923696,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":8,"category_name":10,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":52,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},7421720224475,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c","ST  \nENS  \ne0NobodyNEWALRANY-FLOYp coUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARYsleepswhen33110005569726tephenawsrites'ime Out  \n# HORRORIDRAWN\n\nLaws,stephen,1952-Gideon Stephen Laws.M 133669307/19/07  \nNew Albanx-FLoyd Co.LibraryNAFCPUBL沁LSAR  \n# GIDEON\n\nPaul's father was no longer moving.Paul discardedthe shotgun with fierce disgust and scrabbled overbroken glass,unheeding of the shards that slashedinto his knees and palms.He reached him and gentlytried to turn him over,tried to speak,but could not.  \n'Paul...is it...is he...?\"  \n'I killed him,Dad.I killed him...'And now theshock and the horror swelled within him as he cov-ered his face with one hand and was racked withsobbing.  \n'I prayed,Paul,'continued his father,grimacing inpain.'I prayed that it was all over...prayed andhoped...'  \n'Don't talk,Dad.I'll get an ambulance...justdon't...’  \n'He's found us again,Paul.God help us.'  \nAlso by the same author,and available from NEL:Ghost TrainSpectreThe WyrmThe FrightenersDarkfall  \nAbout the Author:  \nStephen Laws lives in his birthplace,Newcastle UponTyne,where he works as a full-time writer.The success ofhis early novels established him as a leading horror writer.GIDEON is his most recent novel and he is currentlyworking on his seventh novel,MACABRE.  \nGideon  \nStephen Laws  \nCopyright C1993 Stephen Laws  \nFirst published in Great Britain in 1993 byNew English Library Hardbacks,a division of Hodder Headline PLC  \nNELedition 1994  \nThe right of Stephen Laws to be identified as theauthor of this work has been asserted by him inaccordance with the Copyright,Designs and PatentsAct 1988.  \n10987654321  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means without the prior writtenpermission of the publisher,nor be otherwise circulatedin any form of binding or cover other than that in whichit is published and without a similar condition beingimposed on the subsequent purchaser.  \nAll characters in this publication are fictitious and anyresemblance to real persons,living or dead,is purelycoincidental.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this bookis available from the British Library  \nISBN 0-450-59977-9  \nPhotoset by Rowland Phototypesetting LtdBury St Edmunds,Suffolk  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain byCox and Wyman Ltd,Reading,Berks  \nHodder and Stoughton LtdA Divison of Hodder Headline PLC47 Bedford SquareLondon WC1B 3DP  \nDedicated to Jim and Dot Heaviside  \nI'd also like to thank the following good friends for invalu-able assistance on research:  \nGrahame Morris(General Manager:Theatre Royal,New-castle upon Tyne)  \nDi Wathen  \nAnd a Special Thank You to Imogen Parker:One of TheBest.","cbCaigRgmboMvFIw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigRgmboMvFIw","pdf",16595849,452,"English","# GIDEON\n## Paul's confrontation and grief\n## Prayer, confession, and recurring threat\n## About the author","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author of GIDEON?\",\"answer\":\"The author is Stephen Laws.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens to Paul's father in the story excerpt?\",\"answer\":\"Paul’s father is no longer moving, and Paul tries unsuccessfully to turn him over and speak to him.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the father say about what happened?\",\"answer\":\"The father mentions prayer and that he hoped it was over, while Paul’s response indicates he killed someone and the horror is escalating.\"}]","GIDEON | PDF",1790638652,696]