{"product_id":"2940169226683","title":"The Ancient Nine: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpencer Collins thinks his life at Harvard will be all about basketball and pre-med; hard workouts and grinding work in class. The friends he's made when he hits the storied ivy-clad campus from a very different life in urban Chicago are a happy bonus. But Spencer is about to be introduced to the most mysterious inner sanctum of the inner sanctum: to his surprise, he's in the running to be \"punched\" for one of Harvard's elite final clubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Delphic Club is known as \"the Gas\" for its crest of three gas-lit flames, and as Spencer is considered for membership, he's plunged not only into the secret world of male privilege that the Gas represents, but also into a century-old club mystery. Because at the heart of the Delphic, secured deep inside its guarded mansion club, is another secret society: a shadowy group of powerful men known as The Ancient Nine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho are The Ancient Nine? And why is Spenceramp;mdash;along with his best friend Dalton Winthropamp;mdash;summoned to the deathbed of Dalton's uncle just as Spencer is being punched for the club? What does the lore about a missing page from one of Harvard's most historic books mean? And how does it connect to religion, murder, and to the King James Bible, if not to King James himself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Smith's \u003ci\u003eThe Ancient Nine\u003c\/i\u003e is both a coming of age audiobook and a swiftly plotted story that lets listeners into the ultimate of closed worlds with all of its dark historical secrets and unyielding power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis program includes an introduction read by the author.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179201020144,"sku":"2940169226683","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169226683_p0.jpg?v=1763675554","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169226683","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}