{"product_id":"the-rutherford-cipher-9781891799037","title":"The Rutherford Cipher","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Civil War brought death and ruin to the Old South  but out of the ashes there arose a remarkable legend that has intrigued treasure hunters and conspiracy buffs ever since - the \"lost Confederate gold \" said to have been buried somewhere in the swampy flatlands of Georgia following the fall of the Confederate government in 1865. Now an out-of-work former dot-com executive has his hands on a set of old clues that might lead him to the fabled treasure - if only he can stay alive long enough to find it. When Matt Rutherfords Silicon Valley dot-com firm goes belly-up  the displaced executive has nowhere else to go but home - home to Walkerville  Georgia  where  following the brutal death of his first cousin  hes been named sole heir to his elderly aunts estate. While searching to clear his name as a suspect for his cousins death  Matt uncovers a long-hidden family secret: hes descended from the same Southern officer assigned to guard the gold reserves following the fall of the Confederate capital in the waning days of the Civil War. Even more astonishing  he finds an old diary that reveals  through complex coded instructions  where the gold is buried. Problem is  others know about the gold - and the old diary. They will stop at nothing to claim the treasure for themselves  even if it means murder. Enlisting the help of Lisa Li  a beautiful Chinese-American computer expert  Matt sets out to unravel the mysterious clues - clues that eventually lead him to a top-secret nuclear weapons installation in South Carolina where he must evade a bloodthirsty killer as well as heavily-armed government agents before learning the horrifying truth behind the lost Confederate gold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923488604213,"sku":"ByrdShop_1891799037","price":67.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781891799037.jpg?v=1794105852","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rutherford-cipher-9781891799037","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}