{"product_id":"9781250182395","title":"The Ancient Nine : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ancient Nine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ian K. Smith, M.D.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Pulls you into the depths of a secret world from the first page. Ian Smith’s novel is unmissable.\" —Harlan Coben, author of \u003ci\u003eMissing You\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCambridge, Massachusetts, Fall 1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpenser Collins\u003cbr\u003eAn unlikely Harvard prospect, smart and athletic, strapped for cash, determined to succeed. Calls his mother—who raised him on her own in Chicago—every week.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDalton Winthrop\u003cbr\u003eA white-shoe legacy at Harvard, he's just the most recent in a string of moneyed, privileged Winthrop men in Cambridge. He's got the ease—and the deep knowledge—that come from belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese two find enough common ground to become friends, cementing their bond when Spenser is \"punched\" to join the Delphic Club, one of the most exclusive of Harvard's famous all-male final clubs. Founded in the nineteenth century, the Delphic has had titans of industry, Hollywood legends, heads of state, and power brokers among its members.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDalton Winthrop knows firsthand that the Delphic doesn't offer memberships to just anyone. His great-uncle is one of their oldest living members, and Dalton grew up on stories of the club's rituals. But why is his uncle so cryptic about the Ancient Nine, a shadowy group of alums whose identities are unknown and whose power is absolute? They protect the Delphic's darkest and oldest secrets—including what happened to a student who sneaked into the club's stately brick mansion in 1927 and was never seen again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDalton steers Spenser into deeper and deeper recesses of the club, and beyond, to try to make sense of what they think they may be seeing. But with each scrap of information they get from an octogenarian Crimson graduate, a crumbling newspaper in the library's archives, or one of Harvard's most famous and heavily guarded historical books, a fresh complication trips them up. The more the friends investigate, the more questions they unearth, tangling the story of the club, the disappearance, and the Ancient Nine, until they realize their own lives are in danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Enticing... Those seeking an inside look at an Ivy League secret society will get their money’s worth.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful, completely absorbing thriller. \u003ci\u003eThe Ancient Nine\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare, unforgettable read!\" —\u003ci\u003eOpen Letters Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pulls you into the depths of a secret world from the first page. Ian Smith’s novel is unmissable.\" —Harlan Coben, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMissing You\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With a masterful hand, Ian Smith has written a novel that immerses us in the dark intrigue of one of the country's oldest secret societies. \u003ci\u003eThe Ancient Nine\u003c\/i\u003e is thrilling, exciting, and shocking from beginning to end.\" — Michael Eric Dyson,\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTears We Cannot Stop\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ian Smith has written an insider's account of an elite, rarefied world inside of Harvard. Read this and you’ll know what it is to be in a secret Ivy League power club and you'll feel like you’re in one.\" —Touré, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon\u003c\/i\u003e and acclaimed cultural critic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250182395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40698715603150,"sku":"9781250182395","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_44f7a87c-3fd7-4581-8130-7838ac728e7b.jpg?v=1640494201","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250182395","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}