{"product_id":"the-mission","title":"The Mission","description":"\u003cp\u003eA POWERFUL NEW NOVEL THAT FUSES ADVENTURE AND EXCITEMENT WITH THE CLASHING FORCES OF HISTORY  RELIGION AND POLITICS.  Set in South America in the mid eighteenth century  The Mission tells the story of Rodrigo Mendoza  a cool  callous soldier of fortune and slave-trader who  in the heat of the moment  murders his own brother. In his anguish he turns to God and becomes a lay brother at a Jesuit mission deep in the heart of the jungle  just as the conflict between Church and State is escalating. The mission is threatened with closure and Mendoza is faced with an agonizing choice: to obey the papal edict and abandon the native Indians to the jungle and the slave-traders  or to fight...  In a superb and tragic climax  the vital issues of faith  sin and individual conscience are magnificently realized. As the portrait of a mans search for expiation set against the ruthless realism of state politics  The Mission is exciting  exotic and brutally compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44850707955765,"sku":"ByrdShop_0140094253","price":88.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780140094251.jpg?v=1770645594","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-mission","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}