{"product_id":"9781524508517","title":"The Ghost of Alcatraz","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1950s New York City, Jake Strummer lives an average life until one day a twist of faith changes everything and sends Jake on a downward spiral. He finds himself in the middle of one of the most gruesome crime scenes ever recorded. He gets arrested, charged with the crime, trialed, and convicted of twenty-two murders, murders he has no recollection of ever having committed.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHe is sentenced to life in solitary isolation to be carried out at a maximum-security prison in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, on the island of Alcatraz.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThere he plunges into oblivion, where he suffers a gruesome transformation fueled by loneliness, depression, darkness, and despair into this atrocity other inmates call the ghost of Alcatraz.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom the gates of hell, Jake Strummer ascends to redemption aided by an unlikely friend. He finds love, happiness, and peace, and after a race against time, he commits the ultimate sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Ghost of Alcatraz is a tale of deliverance. The penance of the soul to define what's human is proof that happiness is within all of us even in the worst of circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147130683632,"sku":"9781524508517","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781524508517_p0.jpg?v=1763738056","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781524508517","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}