{"product_id":"9781453534007","title":"Chartreuse","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorically founded on a sixteenth century alchemist´s elixir of long life (and the basis for the French liqueur), CHARTREUSE is a story of supernatural transformation; of the elixir´s ingredients on which a Pope´s life rests; of a young man´s destiny and the chain of world events that lead to his final, wrenching choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central character, Blaise, is summoned to Switzerland once he learns he has inherited a parchment containing the recipe for nothing less than the elixir of life. He´s directed to a distiller in the French countrysideâ\"a Carthusian monk at La Grande Chartreuseâ\"for he alone knows how \"to execute the formula to the greater glory of God and humanity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, someone wants the Pope dead and has infected him with a fatal disease. So the race is on: to save the Pope; to see which woman will accompany Blaise during his travailsâ\"his current lover, or a flame from his past; to discover if the culprit can keep the elixir from reaching the Vatican.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHARTREUSE is fast-paced without being frantic. And yet, in the drawing power of the plot´s twists and turns, so much more than a plot goes on: a romance, a thriller, a source book of homeopathy, miraculous events, a spiritual journey. It´s a search for a cure; a search for a moral code; a search for identity. With CHARTREUSE, Joseph Roccasalvo has written a novel about the sacred and the profaneâ\"a contemporary symbol of our 21st century lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155128172784,"sku":"9781453534007","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453534007_p0.jpg?v=1763857222","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453534007","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}