{"product_id":"ex-libris-the-forbidden-books-paperback","title":"Ex Libris: The Forbidden Books - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Oehler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1st PLACE \u0026amp; GOLD MEDAL WINNER! -- For centuries, a secret so powerful it could ignite global mayhem has been hidden in a forbidden book. \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI can't remember the last time I was so thoroughly engrossed.\" \"Could hardly put it down to eat!\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCayman Islands.\u003c\/b\u003e Retired Diplomatic Security Service agent Dan Lovel is pulled back into the fray when he receives a plea for help from Astrid Desmarais, a World Bank executive whose life he once saved. 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Readers will be unable to put the book down until the final page.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookLife Prize Critic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"INTRIGUING. \u003c\/b\u003eReminiscent of historical fiction writings by Dan Brown. This tale is just as evocative. You will turn the pages and then realize you have read the entire book in almost one sitting.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003eAmazon VINE VOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN OEHLER\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling, award-winning author. 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