{"product_id":"true-raiders-the-untold-story-of-the-1909-expedition-to-find-the-legendary-ark-of-the-covenant-9781250846723","title":"True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Raiders\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eThe Lost City of Z\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Da Vinci Code\u003c\/i\u003e, from critically acclaimed author Brad Ricca.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a British rogue nobleman who, after being dared to do so by Ava Astor, the so-called \"most beautiful woman in the world,\" headed a secret 1909 expedition to find the fabled Ark of the Covenant. Like a real-life version of \u003ci\u003eRaiders of the Lost Ark\u003c\/i\u003e, this incredible story of adventure and mystery has almost been completely forgotten today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1908, Monty is approached by a strange Finnish scholar named Valter Juvelius who claims to have discovered a secret code in the Bible that reveals the location of the Ark. Monty assembles a ragtag group of blueblood adventurers, a renowned psychic, and a Franciscan father, to engage in a secret excavation just outside the city walls of Jerusalem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing recently uncovered records from the original expedition and several newly translated sources, \u003ci\u003eTrue Raiders \u003c\/i\u003eis the first retelling of this group's adventures- in the space between fact and faith, science and romance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBRAD RICCA is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eMrs. Sherlock Holmes, Olive the Lionheart, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuper Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction. He won the St. Lawrence Book Award for \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mastodon\u003c\/i\u003e. Ricca lives and works in Cleveland\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670470496530,"sku":"9781250846723","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bc17ee19-f952-47eb-9179-57ef47c91698.jpg?v=1733779996","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/true-raiders-the-untold-story-of-the-1909-expedition-to-find-the-legendary-ark-of-the-covenant-9781250846723","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}