{"product_id":"9781491768754","title":"Spectre","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarson Mathews is a young man who has lived his entire life as a nobody. He drifts from day to day, living an existence that has no meaning or importance, spending most of his time playing video games and watching movies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne night on the way home from a bar, he is approached by a man who informs him he has been chosen to protect the world. The man is a Guardian, one of a mystic race of beings who keep the universe in balance. The Guardians take Carson to a parallel world run by gangs in which democracy and liberty do not exist. They tell him he needs to prevent an impending disaster that could affect both universes. There, a man named Spectre threatens to kill thousands of people for his own personal gain. Left on his own in this new world and having no combat experience, Carson joins a local gang, who begin training him in the ways of their world. But can he learn quickly enough to survive and to save both this world and his own?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this science fiction novel, a young man trapped in a parallel universe must rely on his inner strength and his new gang family to protect two worlds from destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180317458672,"sku":"9781491768754","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491768754_p0.jpg?v=1763659461","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491768754","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}