{"product_id":"the-eight-paperback","title":"The Eight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Neville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen two young women in France of 1790 discover the Montglane Chess Service in Montglane Abbey, they recognize its mystic ability to provide anyone playing it with unlimited power and desperately scatter its pieces around the world. But in 1972, computer expert Catherine \"Cat\" Velis is hired to recover the chess pieces--and is caught up in a nefarious, globe-spanning conspiracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eComputer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years...In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide valuable pieces of a chess set all over the world, because the game that can be played with them is too powerful....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Neville \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Eight, The Magic Circle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller), and\u003ci\u003e A Calculated Risk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book). \u003ci\u003eThe Eight\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated into more than thirty languages. In a national poll in Spain by the noted journal \u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Eight\u003c\/i\u003e was voted one of the top ten books of all time. Neville lives in Virginia and Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 6.89 x 4.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42686912954431,"sku":"9780345366238","price":10.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9840fb18306bfd3db59a9f012f418473.webp?v=1764976802","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-eight-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}