{"title":"Andrew Ludington","description":"ANDREW LUDINGTON writes transportive adventure stories intended to make you forget your commute. He graduated from Kenyon College with a BA in English Literature and lives in Evanston, IL where he moonlights as a technologist for Northwestern University. Splinter Effect is his first novel.","products":[{"product_id":"splinter-effect-paperback","title":"Splinter Effect - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSplinter Effect\u003c\/i\u003e, an action-packed debut by Andrew Ludington, time traveling archaeologist Rabbit Ward maneuvers through the past to recover a long-lost, precious menorah hidden in ancient Rome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmithsonian archaeologist Rabbit Ward travels through time on sponsored expeditions to the past to secure precious artifacts moments before they are lost to history. Although exceptional at his job, Rabbit is not without faults. In a spectacular failure twenty years ago, he lost both the menorah of the second temple and his hot-headed mentee, Aaron. So, when new evidence reveals the menorah's reappearance in 6th century Constantinople, Rabbit seizes the chance for redemption. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut from the moment he arrives in the past, things start to go wrong. Rabbit quickly finds out that his prime competition, an unlicensed and annoyingly appealing \"stringer\" named Helen, is also in Constantinople hunting the menorah. And that's only the beginning. The oppressed Jewish population of the city is primed for revolution, Constantinople's leading gang seems to have it out for Rabbit personally, and someone local is interested enough in the menorah to kill for it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the past closes in on him and his previous failures compound, will Rabbit be able to recover the menorah before it's once again lost in time? With new and old dangers alike hiding behind every corner, time might just be up for Rabbit's redemption--and possibly his life.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101199732959,"sku":"9781250349323","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/j_bQZnrewQ9781250349323.webp?v=1781068455"},{"product_id":"double-shadow-a-splinter-effect-novel-hardcover","title":"Double Shadow: A Splinter Effect Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this thrilling installment of the Splinter Effect series, time-traveling archaeologist Rabbit Ward returns to the past to help save his former adversary and track down a murderous thief in first century Jerusalem.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eROME, 2019. Time-traveling, Smithsonian archaeologist Rabbit Ward is back in the present, but not for long. Helen, his former adversary and growing ally, is in trouble with the law after being framed for a murder she didn't commit. Stuck in hiding and running out of other options, she turns to Rabbit for help. \"Help\" in this case involves a trip to first century Jerusalem to track down a mysterious man named Einar Eshek. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Rabbit won't have to do this mission alone; as soon as he arrives in 68 CE, he meets a younger version of Helen, one who has never met him before. Together, they work to track down Eshek, who turns out to be not only a time-traveling thief, but a murderous psychopath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs they pursue Eshek through time, Rabbit and Helen feel something even bigger pulling them together. Torn between the two versions of the woman he knows, and with the clock ticking down on Helen's fate in 2019, Rabbit might have no choice but to betray her past self to secure Helen's safety in the future. Tensions rise as Jerusalem prepares to go to war with Rome, and Rabbit races to capture Eshek, clear Helen's name, and make it back to 2019 in one piece--a feat that's proving to be easier said than done--before everything falls apart.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101958705375,"sku":"9781250349330","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/YOwlQYiNmq9781250349330.webp?v=1781075974"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/andrew-ludington.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}