{"product_id":"2940013447714","title":"The Covenant of the Flame","description":"From the master of high action comes a novel of deception and intrigue that paved the way for the history-based religious thrillers of Dan Brown, Steve Berry, and James Rollins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1244, at the infamous fortress of Montségur in southwestern France, Christian Inquisitors massacred the last vestige of a heresy known as Mithraism, once the dominant religion of the Roman Empire. But was the heresy in fact destroyed? In today’s New York City, reporter Tess Drake discovers a mysterious altar in the apartment of a friend whose charred body was discovered in a nearby park. The altar (a version of it exists in the British Museum) depicts a man astride a bull, plunging a knife into its neck while a dog, a scorpion, and a snake drink the blood. The meaning of that altar propels Tess on a furious hunt for the truth about what happened to her friend, a labyrinth of intrigue and danger that leads to the highest levels of power as well as to the depths of a secret cave in Spain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis special e-version of THE COVENANT OF THE FLAME has a revised text and an introduction in which David Morrell describes the unusual personal events that prompted him to write this novel.","brand":"David Morrell Enterprises","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182378926320,"sku":"2940013447714","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013447714_p0.jpg?v=1763581046","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013447714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}