{"product_id":"2940151576543","title":"The Imperium Game","description":"“Run, Hero! You must save my city!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre you ready for the ultimate Role-Playing  experience?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kerickson is the main programmer of the Imperium Game, a three-dimensional re-creation of the Roman Empire, complete with slave market, public baths, and a pantheon of ingeniously programmed deities. The Game is incredibly popular, exciting and flawless—or so it seemed, until the god programs unexpectedly began to exceed their parameters. Now the gods run rampant, life is violent and chaotic, the Roman Emperor has been murdered—for real—and Kerickson is the prime suspect.\u003cbr\u003e Posing as a lowly gladiator trainee in the Game, Kerickson must find the identity of the true murderer, and quick—because if the authorities don’t get him, the gods surely will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ultimate in Virtual Reality ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe presented his game bracelet to the monitor. “identity confirmed” the computer’s monotone said. “Kerickson,Arvind G. game status: management.”\u003cbr\u003e The gate slid open. Kerickson walked to the front door of the bakery used to disguise the management gate from the general public and stepped out in the bustling streets of ancient Rome. Cold air flowed against his face, carefully conditioned to stimulate the atmospheric composition of over 2000 years ago—at the moment redolent of wood smoke and rotting vegetables and manure.","brand":"Event Horizon Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073888305392,"sku":"2940151576543","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151576543_p0.jpg?v=1764011960","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151576543","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}