{"product_id":"2940148226307","title":"Dark Saints and the Pale Horseman","description":"June 1940.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pale Horseman… his coming has been foretold. He is cloaked in great power and the white uniform of Hitler’s secret Black War division. He is adept at the darkest forms of science, magic and alchemy and the unlocked secrets of Armageddon lie in his grasp. Only England stands between Hitler’s minion and global domination as he seeks to construct the weapons foretold in the biblical book of Revelations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the darkness rising, Britain’s mysterious Subtle Minister seeks to find and train a force capable of stopping the Nazis and their terrible occult arsenal. A French refugee, a Polish prostitute, an Irish assassin, a Chinese warrior, a German giant, an R.A.F. pilot and an American mercenary…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePressed into service to a foreign power, the reluctant students of the Royal Academy of Necessity find themselves at war with more than the enemy. Haunted by their own history, their frightening and nascent powers and threatened by their strange masters who urge them forward on a path toward death or redemption, they struggle to contain the rising storm of chaos that threatens mankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this first story from The Academy Chronicles history, alchemy, religion and myth combine into a tale of survival, love, death and redemption set against the backdrop of the Second World War. Mixing real events of the Battle of Britain with fantasy, this is an action adventure that invites us into a tumultuous time in history when heroes must rise to save nations from the brink of destruction.","brand":"C2","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075367026928,"sku":"2940148226307","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148226307_p0.jpg?v=1763698792","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148226307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}