{"product_id":"a-handful-of-kings-9781416568148","title":"A Handful of Kings","description":"With explosive tension and masterful suspense, \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning thriller about what really happens in the world of espionage, by an insider who has lived it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmerican diplomat Vicky Sorrell learns the hard way that all is fair in love -- and espionage. \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Kings, \u003c\/i\u003e the latest novel by prolific author and former foreign service officer Mark Jacobs, follows Vicky's fast-paced tour of duty -- one where she must decide who the bad guys are, who is lying, and who just might be telling the dangerous truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVicky is changing her life. She is leaving the foreign service and her lover at the same time. But before she departs the U.S. embassy in Madrid for home, a well-known American writer shows up with a strange request. Vicky knows that what the writer wants from her is not necessarily what he is asking. But curiosity leads her to play along, and she is quickly drawn into the murky underground of terrorists and spies into which the writer himself has been reluctantly led. The track she takes is full of wrong turns. And at the end of the tunnel, it's not light she sees but an unspeakable threat to people she loves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecalling Graham Greene in \u003ci\u003eThe Comedians, \u003c\/i\u003e Jacobs weaves an engrossing story that takes place over three continents and illuminates the unexpected ways people betray and defend one another and, ultimately, how they learn to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416568148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Mark Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072240545973,"sku":"9781416568148","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d0bb22df-470e-4be8-a2f4-a8d28d7df2ac.jpg?v=1764688194","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-handful-of-kings-9781416568148","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}