{"product_id":"breathless-ian-michael-odowd-9798245733623","title":"Breathless: The Currency of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery life begins with a finite number of breaths.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one knows how many they are given-only that one day, they will run out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Elara Quinn is a leading scientist when she helps uncover a truth long dismissed as myth: \u003cb\u003ebreath itself is the true measure of life.\u003c\/b\u003e Not age. Not illness. Breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen this discovery leads to the creation of a machine capable of transferring breath from one person to another, the world is changed overnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLives are extended.\u003cbr\u003eDeath is delayed.\u003cbr\u003eAnd breath becomes the most valuable currency humanity has ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs cities reorganize around this new economy of survival, Elara begins to see the cost of what she has helped create. A system meant to save lives begins to decide which lives matter more. Exhaustion spreads. Inequality deepens. And somewhere beneath the flawless logic of redistribution, something deeply human is being suffocated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by personal loss and driven by growing unease, Elara is forced to confront a question no one else dares to ask: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf life can be measured, traded, and controlled-who gets to decide how it is spent?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreathless: The Currency of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting, thought-provoking work of speculative fiction exploring power, grief, and survival in a world where even the air you breathe no longer belongs to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers of literary science fiction, dystopian futures, and morally complex storytelling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Michael O'Dowd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245733623\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\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Ian Michael O'Dowd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172000604415,"sku":"9798245733623","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breathless-ian-michael-odowd-9798245733623","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}