{"product_id":"9781451672831","title":"The Second Messiah","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe riveting thriller from award-winning author Glenn Meade: “With a plot that screams, a controversial edge, and characters with attitude and something to prove, this has all the makings to be the next \u003ci\u003eDa Vinci Code\u003c\/i\u003e” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning international bestseller whose “FAST, SLY, AND SLICK THRILLERS DELIVER THE GOODS . . . UNTIL THE SMOKE FINALLY CLEARS” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) comes a riveting blend of fact and fiction that solidifies GLENN MEADE’s place among the likes of Tom Clancy and John le Carré.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe desert near Jerusalem. A renowned professor is murdered and a two-thousand-year-old parchment is stolen before its stunning references to not one but two messiahs can be fully translated. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRome. Widespread panic erupts among the faithful when a charismatic American priest with long-hidden secrets is elected pope. Is he the antichrist or the second coming? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA political and religious standoff explodes. Archaeologist Jack Cane and Israeli police inspector Lela Raul must stay one step ahead of a vengeful assassin before they are permanently silenced and the real truth behind the scroll and its controversial revelations is forever lost to humanity.","brand":"Glenn Meade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Mass market (rack) paperback","offer_id":42958501183648,"sku":"9781451672831","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/products\/BNCImageAPI_6394360f-2611-4f3a-89bb-63655d917e4b.jpg?v=1673553168","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781451672831","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}