{"product_id":"9780595906307","title":"The Ivory Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Egyptian gods (if they exist) are the many which is the One: innumerable aspects of a single unity living in a time-space in which all time is now and all space is here, and everything can be true at once.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNormally the gods don't meddle in human affairs, asking only that Cosmic Order be preserved. But now and then-\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a moment that was all moments, a simultaneity that in human terms would one day be known as circa 1333 BC, Bastet the cat-headed goddess (if she existed) looked with interest upon Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti and their children, upon a fishing boat bearing a numinous ivory cat, a fearful slave in Bubastis, an arrogant and unhappy princess in Mitanni, some venomous and ambitious plotters, a naive idealist or three, and a scatter of other human and feline players. She smiled a bland cosmic smile-\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-and meddled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120651944176,"sku":"9780595906307","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595906307_p0.jpg?v=1763724770","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595906307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}