{"title":"David C. Downing","description":"David C. Downing is the Co-Director, with his wife Crystal, of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College. He is the author of four award-winning books on C.S. Lewis: Planets in Peril, The Most Reluctant Convert,  Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C.S. Lewis, and Into the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles. Downing has also written short fiction for Christianity Today and other periodicals.","products":[{"product_id":"looking-for-the-king-an-inklings-novel-paperback","title":"Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1940, and American Tom McCord, a 23-year-old graduate student, is in England researching the historical evidence for the legendary King Arthur. There he meets perky and intuitive Laura Hartman, a fellow American staying with her aunt in Oxford, and the two of them team up for an even more ambitious and dangerous quest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAided by the Inklings -- that illustrious circle of scholars and writers made famous by its two most prolific members, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien -- Tom and Laura begin to suspect that the fabled Spear of Destiny, the lance that pierced the side of Christ on the Cross, is hidden somewhere in England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516845920479,"sku":"9781640603493","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/S-IuT2k4869781640603493.webp?v=1783115931"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-c-downing.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}