{"product_id":"9780812974614","title":"Pompeii","description":"\u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER - \"Terrific... gripping... A literally shattering climax.\" -- The New York Times Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAll along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire’s richest citizens are relaxing  in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world’s largest  navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money  in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But the carefree lifestyle  and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The  young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta,  the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in  nine towns around the Bay of Naples. His predecessor has disappeared. Springs are  failing for the first time in generations. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta’ s sixty-mile main line—somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount  Vesuvius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Attilius—decent, practical, and incorruptible—promises Pliny, the famous  scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir  runs dry. His plan is to travel to Pompeii and put together an expedition, then head  out to the place where he believes the fault lies. But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt  and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work—both  natural and man-made—threatening to destroy him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With his trademark elegance and  intelligence, Robert Harris, bestselling author of \u003cb\u003eArchangel\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eFatherland\u003c\/b\u003e, re-creates  a world on the brink of disaster.","brand":"Harris, Robert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":43047585808608,"sku":"","price":8.37,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_ace1356e-769a-4c4a-8d35-6e8db373344d.jpg?v=1656421940","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780812974614","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}