{"product_id":"book-ekm5","title":"True Raiders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eWho knew that RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was based on real events? This audiobook, expertly performed by Stephanie Willis, is a must for anyone who enjoyed the Harrison Ford movie and wants to know what really happened in 1908, when a British expedition searched for the Ark of the Covenant, alleged to have \"mystical\" powers.\" –\u003ci\u003eAudioFile Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eEarphones Award Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis audiobook 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49362800804144,"sku":"BDekm5","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/311800-ekm5-Square.jpg?v=1734512881","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ekm5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}