{"product_id":"backstage-ivan-kushnir-9798250084482","title":"Backstage","description":"Do you think your vote actually matters? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThink again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's not \"the will of the people\" running the show-it's an algorithm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNick was the star poli-sci student who still believed in the \"analog circuit breakers\" of democracy. He defended the Electoral College as the last firewall against mob chaos. But when he steps onto a private island where the global elite gather in secret, theory turns into blood-soaked practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, amid obscene luxury and digital sterility, Nick discovers the ugly truth: modern politics isn't a clash of ideas-it's a closed-circuit aquarium. Transparency isn't honesty here; it's the complete absence of a private life. \"Safety\" isn't protection-it's total control. And citizens? They're just pixels in the game the island's \"gods\" play, manipulating reality with AI and razor-sharp cynicism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Nick is turned into the system's chief \"narrative architect,\" he realizes he's built his own prison. He's no longer a spectator-he's prey in the final spectacle, his death live-streamed between cat videos and bikini ads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Backstage\" is intellectual horror that dissects the machinery of power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a mirror you're afraid to look into-because what you see isn't a citizen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's an inhabitant of a glass cage whose life is worth no more than a number on a tablet screen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAre you ready to find out who really holds the remote to your world?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivan Kushnir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250084482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Ivan Kushnir","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665519841535,"sku":"9798250084482","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8b94719-bac4-47e2-bd89-9f12209bbed8.jpg?v=1792012394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/backstage-ivan-kushnir-9798250084482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}