{"product_id":"9781524682071","title":"Pompeii: Death Comes Calling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e                                                                                POMPEII:\u003cbr\u003e                                                                      DEATH COMES CALLING \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e                                                                 'They said there were ghosts here'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 79 A.D. Painters, perfumers, prostitutes and priestesses – Pompeii has them all and more. Life for some is noisy, colourful and sometimes deadly dangerous. For others, it is filled with luxury, affluence and the fulfilment of their every desire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlavia, the arrogant and beautiful daughter of wealthy parents schemes to avoid an arranged marriage.\u003cbr\u003e Vinicius, a vicious, paid killer roams the city streets by night murdering while its citizens sleep.\u003cbr\u003e Aelianus, a young slave far from home is sold in the marketplace to Pompeii's gladiator lanista.\u003cbr\u003e Aurelia, Pompeii's first female career fresco painter feuds with a jealous male competitor. \u003cbr\u003e Isidora, jilted by her lover in Egypt, arrives in Pompeii to reunite with her brother. \u003cbr\u003e Senator Lucius Diomedes, grieving for his dead wife, seeks meaning from life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir destinies become intertwined in a deadly dance as a mountain of fire changes everything forever in a cruel lottery of life or death. What happens afterwards to those who escape will be beyond anything they could ever imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144604991728,"sku":"9781524682071","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781524682071_p0.jpg?v=1763742067","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781524682071","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}