{"product_id":"black-salt-michelle-hoffmann-9798242616431","title":"Black Salt: When Influence Demands Its Due","description":"\u003cp\u003eInfluence is supposed to feel like comfort.\u003cbr\u003eBut comfort can be engineered. And when it's engineered, it always comes with a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRowan Ash helped build the language that made Eden Vale irresistible-a viral wellness empire with a velvet voice and millions of followers who swear it saved their lives. Calm. Light. Safety. Belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Rowan sees the machinery behind the glow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate \"integration\" sessions that blur consent. Public apologies that read like confessions. A quiet system that tracks who can be moved, when-and why. And when a city vote approaches, Eden's influence stops looking like inspiration and starts looking like governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs pressure tightens and the line between care and control disappears, Rowan teams up with an investigative journalist, a burned-out audio engineer, and a technician who helped build Eden's most dangerous mechanism. Together, they race to expose the truth before a young woman is turned into the next \"anchor\" for a hungry current that feeds on attention, shame, and devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Eden doesn't need your belief.\u003cbr\u003eOnly your focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack Salt - When Influence Demands Its Due is a darkly contemporary psychological thriller with a thin veil of the uncanny-about influencer culture, soft power, and the terrifying moment you realize your feelings may not be entirely your own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome debts aren't financial.\u003cbr\u003eSome are paid in attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Hoffmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242616431\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\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Michelle Hoffmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171502727423,"sku":"9798242616431","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-salt-michelle-hoffmann-9798242616431","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}