{"product_id":"brutal-armando-diaz-silverio-9798249078065","title":"Brutal: A Ten-Episode Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book spans fifty thousand years. It begins in an Ice Age cave where a father holds a dying child, and it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eends at the edge of the universe where a consciousness older than stars makes one final choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween those two points, you will encounter brutality. Not the gratuitous kind that exists for shock. The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esystemic kind. The kind built into cities and factories and armies and algorithms. The kind that wears a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euniform, carries a ledger, and follows protocol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach episode is set in a different era and examines a different system of brutality. Some are historical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome are speculative. All are human. The violence in these pages is never casual and never apologized for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the consequence of systems that demand it, operated by people who believe they have no choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether they have a choice is the question the book asks. It does not answer it for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese episodes were written to be read in order, but each stands alone. If one era calls to you more than\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanother, start there. The thread that connects them will find you regardless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a comfortable book. It was not written to be comfortable. It was written to be honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Armando Diaz Silverio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249078065\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\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d","brand":"Armando Diaz Silverio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172501889279,"sku":"9798249078065","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brutal-armando-diaz-silverio-9798249078065","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}