{"product_id":"before-the-birds-speak-v-g-lance-9798244619041","title":"Before the Birds Speak","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome silences arrive before the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a man returns to the place he swore he would never see again, the landscape is unchanged-but his past is not. The house by the water still stands. The birds still circle at dawn. Yet something vital has slipped out of sequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFragments surface: a note written too soon, a memory that does not yet belong to him, a sense that events are unfolding in reverse. As days begin to blur and repeat, it becomes clear this is no ordinary homecoming. Time itself has shifted, and it is asking to be answered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the Birds Speak\u003c\/i\u003e is a tense, atmospheric novel about memory, guilt, and the moments that shape us before we understand their cost. Blending psychological suspense with literary depth, it explores how easily the mind can fracture when the truth arrives ahead of experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunting, precise, and quietly devastating, this is a novel for readers who favour slow-burn tension, existential unease, and stories that linger long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the truth comes before the experience?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e V. G. Lance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798244619041\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\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"V. G. Lance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171938377983,"sku":"9798244619041","price":13.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-the-birds-speak-v-g-lance-9798244619041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}