{"product_id":"by-default-noelyn-whea-9798999031457","title":"By Default","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Default\u003c\/b\u003e is a quiet dystopian novel about systems that reward composure, punish disruption, and call harm \"balance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNavi Vale is trusted, licensed, and precise-an ideal functionary in a world where decisions are softened by procedure and responsibility is distributed until no one feels accountable. Her work is to confirm outcomes, maintain order, and ensure that what has already been decided remains intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when subtle inconsistencies begin to surface-names that do not behave, records that resist alignment, bodily sensations that arrive before language-Navi finds herself repositioned rather than confronted. Reassigned rather than accused. Watched, not warned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the system tightens around her, Navi must confront a truth it never intended her to hold: neutrality is not absence, and compliance is not safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinimalist, unsettling, and emotionally precise, \u003cb\u003eBy Default\u003c\/b\u003e explores how power hides behind politeness, how identity survives erasure, and what it costs to remain \"reasonable\" in an unreasonable world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers drawn to cerebral dystopian fiction in the vein of \u003ci\u003eSeverance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Police\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noelyn Whea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999031457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sweetbean Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Noelyn Whea","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801207320831,"sku":"9798999031457","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/by-default-noelyn-whea-9798999031457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}