{"product_id":"a-pocket-universe-adventure-joseph-santiago-9798244412185","title":"A Pocket Universe Adventure: The Lexicon Looped","description":"YOU DIDN'T BUY THIS BOOK. YOU PICKED UP A NODE.\u003cbr\u003eIn New Orleans, a \"normal\" lunch turns into an intake line-forms, name tags, and rules that start acting like they've always been true. When the room tries to file people into permanent categories, Mara does the only thing that works: she makes reality messy again. Today. Right now. This weather. This shift. No forever-words.\u003cbr\u003eBut the storm doesn't stop at the door.\u003cbr\u003eA service entrance peels open into the City of Echoing Pages-a metropolis built from book spines, ink-lamps, and sentences that rearrange themselves when you blink. The city's core story is missing. The loop is spreading. And someone known only as the Redactor is collecting endings like trophies-clean, tidy, dead-ending closures that feel like relief until they feel like a trap.\u003cbr\u003eNow Joe and the crew are running with a noir detective at their side, a want-filled locket against Mara's chest, a dagger that cuts sentences without killing bodies, and a trapped title-MR-thudding under foil like a leftover that learned how to open doors.\u003cbr\u003eBecause in the Great Game, nothing stays in its original context. Fear becomes policy. A label becomes a life. A temporary moment gets treated like an eternal truth.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the only way out is to choose what kind of ending you're willing to fight for.\u003cbr\u003eWhat you'll find inside: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark urban fantasy rooted in New Orleans, with horror tension and sharp humor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFast dialogue, high-stakes choices, and systems that \"sound reasonable\" while they bite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA pocket-universe thriller about identity, drift, and refusing clean answers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eTurn the page when you're ready. The Node is already active to close the loop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Santiago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798244412185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d","brand":"Joseph Santiago","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664985690367,"sku":"9798244412185","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-pocket-universe-adventure-joseph-santiago-9798244412185","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}