{"product_id":"gideons-corpse-9781455588084","title":"Gideon's Corpse","description":"A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. \u003cbr\u003eA plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.\u003cbr\u003eSifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.\u003cbr\u003eTen days. And Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of New York to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse--far worse--than mere Armageddon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thrillers of \u003cb\u003eDouglas Preston\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLincoln Child\u003c\/b\u003e \"stand head and shoulders above their rivals\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). Preston and Child's \u003ci\u003eRelic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet of Curiosities\u003c\/i\u003e were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and \u003ci\u003eRelic\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series, and their recent novels include \u003ci\u003eBloodless, The Scorpion's Tail, Crooked River, Old Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVerses for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published seven novels of his own, including such bestsellers as \u003ci\u003eFull Wolf Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeep Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly \"strangely entertaining note\" from the authors, at their website, www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their Facebook page, where they post regularly.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649025642770,"sku":"9781455588084","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5f1a6ae7-eee0-4f62-8707-d3c0363a0a5a.jpg?v=1733255589","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gideons-corpse-9781455588084","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}