{"product_id":"empire-9780957282681","title":"Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn immortal healer. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn ancient empire reborn. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA chain of cataclysmic events that threatens to change the fate of the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetired Bastian covert operative Conrad Greene has but one wish left. To live out the rest of eternity away from immortals and humans alike. But when a plane crashes into the Amazonian swamp where he has been hiding for half a century, the jaded immortal healer who was once the greatest asset of the Bastian First Council stumbles across a conspiracy involving the newly elected President of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught in the middle of the intrigue is Bastian intelligence operative Laura Hartwell, the one immortal on Earth most likely to put a bullet through Conrad's skull.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoerced into returning to the life he had left behind, Conrad reluctantly agrees to assist the American government with their investigation. But as disturbing events start to unfold around the globe, Conrad and his team of elite human and immortal agents find themselves facing an elusive organization hellbent on shifting the power balance of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs chaos descends on Western societies and an old empire rises once more, can Conrad stop the deadly countdown that threatens to alter the course of human history and regain the trust of the woman he loves?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe riveting and fast-paced third installment in AD Starrling's bestselling supernatural thriller series \u003cstrong\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarrling, Ad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - AD Starrling's multi-award winning thriller series Seventeen combines action, adventure, science, and a dose of the supernatural to make each book an explosive, adrenaline-fueled read. When she's not busy writing and reading, AD can be found looking up exciting international locations and cool science and technology to put in her books, eating Thai food, being tortured by her back therapists, drooling over gadgets, working part-time as a doctor on a Neonatal Intensive Care unit somewhere in the UK, reading manga, and watching action and sci-fi flicks. She has occasionally been accused of committing art with a charcoal stick and some drawing paper. Find out more about AD on her website www.adstarrling.com where you can also sign up for her awesome newsletter and never miss her latest release. You'll also get a chance to read advance copies of her forthcoming novels, have access to sneak previews of her work, participate in exclusive giveaways, and get special promotional offers.","brand":"Ad Starrling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330507575570,"sku":"9780957282681","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d462c84b-4fb9-4964-a44b-0a70da271ab9.jpg?v=1727803043","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/empire-9780957282681","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}