{"product_id":"9780552167925","title":"The Excalibur Codex","description":"    For countless generations the sword had been kept hidden, ready for a time of need. But not hidden well enough, because on one warm July night in 1937 it vanished -- its disappearance swallowed up in the storm clouds of war that would soon engulf the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     1941 -- twelve SS generals gather at a castle in East Prussia to re-enact an ancient rite and call on the spirits of Europe's mightiest warriors to aid them in the coming battle in the East. At the heart of the ritual is a pentagram formed by five swords. One of them is Excalibur, the mythical weapon pulled from a stone by King Arthur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     2010 -- Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair laughs when he reads the codex to a German war veteran's will, the strange ritual it describes and the mention of a sword named Excalibur. But collector Adam Steele is convinced -- and if Jamie can find the legendary sword, he will pay a small fortune for it. The hunt for Excalibur takes Jamie from Germany to eastern Poland and a deadly encounter in Hitler's Wolf's Lair. The castle has been destroyed down to the last stone and the only clue to the sword's fate is the strange tale of a wartime partisan unit murdered by its own commander. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     With a team of international assassins on his trail and the distinction between friend and enemy a blur, Jamie finally makes it back to a Britain under siege, where the last piece of the puzzle falls into place and he discovers that the line between obsession and madness is gossamer thin.","brand":"James Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":43180016631968,"sku":"9780552167925","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a102a3b9-78c0-4238-9399-8b7bbf7e9cc8.jpg?v=1675963660","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780552167925","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}