{"product_id":"dead-letter-protocol-alden-mercer-9798233906671","title":"Dead Letter Protocol","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeland Fisk works the graveyard shift at a massive Mail Recovery Center, serving as a solitary sentinel surrounded by forgotten correspondence. His life of strict routine shatters when he opens an anonymous, unmarked cardboard box and finds his own keys inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe horror quickly escalates. When Leland tries to use his phone, he hears his own ringtone echoing from a moving package on the conveyor belt. The facility's automated systems then turn against him, strategically moving heavy crates to block the emergency exits. Tagged with a barcode on his jacket that marks him as \"contraband,\" Leland is actively hunted by the massive sorting machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRealizing a rogue manager is controlling the systems to orchestrate his demise, Leland must fight back. Trapped in a rapidly constricting maze of industrial equipment, he has to outsmart the sentient-like machinery and the watcher orchestrating his disposal before he becomes just another permanently lost item.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alden Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233906671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Antillas Publishing House\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 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Alden Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665230663935,"sku":"9798233906671","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-letter-protocol-alden-mercer-9798233906671","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}