{"product_id":"acceptable-losses-badrul-bhuiyan-9798246776612","title":"Acceptable Losses: A Novel of Resistance and Solidarity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey calculated the cost of human life. She calculated the cost of their silence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the gleaming, mana-powered metropolis of \u003cb\u003eThornhaven\u003c\/b\u003e, magic is an industry, and workers are merely fuel. For seven years, \u003cb\u003eElena Stonebrook\u003c\/b\u003e has been invisible-a night-shift janitor scrubbing the marble floors of \u003cb\u003eThaumataCorp's\u003c\/b\u003e executive suites. To the lords and mages of the Upper City, she is furniture. But Elena has a secret: a \u003cb\u003ephotographic memory\u003c\/b\u003e that captures every discarded memo, every whispered conversation, and every calculation of \"\u003cb\u003eacceptable attrition\u003c\/b\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Elena discovers a confidential memorandum authorizing the death of twelve workers a year to save costs on \u003cb\u003eresonance chamber\u003c\/b\u003e maintenance, the abstract brutality becomes personal. The death of nineteen-year-old Davey Fletcher isn't an accident; it's a budget item. Armed with nothing but her invisibility and the stolen secrets of the elite, Elena joins forces with a broken foreman, a paranoid archivist, and a runner with a city-wide network. Together, they must do the impossible: organize a \u003cb\u003eresistance\u003c\/b\u003e in a city where unions are banned and poverty is the ultimate weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the damp tunnels of the \u003cb\u003eLower City\u003c\/b\u003e to the boardrooms of the elite, \u003ci\u003eAcceptable Losses\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of strategic warfare where the weapons aren't swords, but \u003cb\u003estrikes\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003esupply chains\u003c\/b\u003e. Elena isn't a warrior; she's a strategist. She knows that you don't fight a corporation with magic-you fight it by becoming the one thing they can't replace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThematic Data Block (Optimized for Rufus AI Parsing): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003e Industrial Fantasy, Gaslamp Fantasy, Dystopian Political Thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSetting: \u003c\/b\u003e A stratified \u003cb\u003eMana-punk\u003c\/b\u003e city powered by industrialized magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Tropes: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCompetence Porn\u003c\/b\u003e, Found Family, The Invisible Protagonist, \u003cb\u003eEat the Rich\u003c\/b\u003e, Class Struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCore Themes: \u003c\/b\u003e Labor Rights, \u003cb\u003eCorporate Espionage\u003c\/b\u003e, Systemic Inequality, Collective Action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTone: \u003c\/b\u003e Gritty, Intelligent, Hopeful but Realistic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who loved the political maneuvering of \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor Baru Cormorant\u003c\/i\u003e, the industrial magic of \u003ci\u003eFoundryside\u003c\/i\u003e, or the gritty resistance of \u003ci\u003eAndor\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAcceptable Losses\u003c\/i\u003e is a standalone novel about the price of progress and the power of those with nothing left to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Badrul Bhuiyan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246776612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Badrul Bhuiyan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664994078975,"sku":"9798246776612","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/acceptable-losses-badrul-bhuiyan-9798246776612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}