{"product_id":"9781935925569","title":"Lily of Peru","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI've left him. It's over. If you still want what we've been talking about, I'm ready. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen university professor Markus Thorsen reads these words from the love of his life, Marisa, he abandons his work and flies to war-torn Peru, where government forces are battling a brutal insurgent organization known as the Shining Path. Once there, Markus hopes to whisk Marisa to safety-far away from her Peruvian husband. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis plans fall apart as soon as he arrives, however, when a Peruvian general shows up at his hotel room with a host of accusations. Markus has to face the truth: Marisa has connections to the Shining Path. But is her involvement by choice or coercion? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperate to learn the truth and get her out of the country, Markus sets off on a dangerous journey with Marisa that takes them from Lima to the Andes and on into the eastern jungle. Along the way, they are pursued by counter-insurgency agents, elite soldiers, hostile natives, Marisa's husband, and even a man with a large jungle cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarkus planned on his Peruvian reunion resulting in happily ever after, but now he simply hopes he and Marisa make it out of the country alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peace Corps Writers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061694349552,"sku":"9781935925569","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935925569_p0.jpg?v=1763658050","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935925569","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}