{"product_id":"9780473308247","title":"The Jewel in the Sea: Based on the True Story of New Zealand","description":"A land with no Laws. No rules. Sounds good huh? No police force needed.\u003cp\u003eIt seemed like the perfect place to go... especially if you were 'on the run!'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh the local people of the land had their own 'Utu' or 'pay back' systems in their various forms but now sailing ship transport was available to the remotest parts of the earth and it wasn't long until New Zealand began filling up with those who would happily live outside any law. A recipe for disaster once the musket arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory records enough evidence of what that looked like here in the early 1800's and it wasn't pretty. Debauchery, disease, deception, death and killing were the inevitable results of a lawless society seen everywhere. Only a matter of time until this land was destined to be devoid of crowds of any sort unless some sort of miracle occurred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFortunately for all of us 'some sort of miracle' did take place and \u003cstrong\u003eTHE JEWEL IN THE SEA\u003c\/strong\u003e tells the story. A miraculous series of events pivotal on the life of a 12 year old girl in the Waikato but balancing precariously on the before and after events that culminated in the freedom, the zeal, the life, and the liberty we all enjoy every day in this beautiful land called New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Read Publishing NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49849237143792,"sku":"9780473308247","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780473308247","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}