{"product_id":"looking-for-the-king-an-inklings-novel-9781640603493","title":"Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1940, and American Tom McCord, a 23-year-old graduate student, is in England researching the historical evidence for the legendary King Arthur. There he meets perky and intuitive Laura Hartman, a fellow American staying with her aunt in Oxford, and the two of them team up for an even more ambitious and dangerous quest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAided by the Inklings -- that illustrious circle of scholars and writers made famous by its two most prolific members, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien -- Tom and Laura begin to suspect that the fabled Spear of Destiny, the lance that pierced the side of Christ on the Cross, is hidden somewhere in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid C. Downing\u003c\/b\u003e is the Co-Director, with his wife Crystal, of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College. He is the author of four award-winning books on C.S. Lewis: \u003ci\u003ePlanets in Peril\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Most Reluctant Convert\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C.S. Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInto the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNarnia Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e. Downing has also written short fiction for Christianity Today and other periodicals. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paraclete Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50660080681234,"sku":"9781640603493","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_490a72e4-61e0-45e6-afb0-d5fad0eaa023.jpg?v=1733469899","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/looking-for-the-king-an-inklings-novel-9781640603493","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}