{"product_id":"dog-logic-tom-strelich-9781685137915","title":"Dog Logic: A Thystopian Satire, Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I laughed my tail off right up to the very last page, which I read in a local cemetery for just the right ambience. Hats off to you Tom Strelich.\" -Tom McCaffrey, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Claire Saga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat dystopian future they always warned us about? It turns out we're already in it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA razor-sharp satire about grief, delusion, and the fragile border between madness and revelation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHertell Daggett used to be a physicist. He used to be married. He used to understand how the world worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen he was shot in the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicroscopic flecks of copper remain lodged in his brain, and ever since, Hertell experiences reality differently. He hears patterns in chaos. He senses connections no one else seems to notice. Now he lives on the edge of Bakersfield as caretaker of a failing pet cemetery, trying to keep his thoughts-and his life-from unraveling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil he uncovers something impossible beneath the hills he tends: a hidden community sealed underground since 1963, waiting out an apocalypse that never arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen their insulated world collides with modern America, Hertell becomes an unlikely guide through a culture as bewildering as any end-times prophecy. But as he helps them face the present, he must confront his own unfinished past-and decide whether his altered mind is a curse or a strange kind of clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarkly comic and unexpectedly tender, \u003cstrong\u003eDog Logic\u003c\/strong\u003e is a bold, satirical exploration of belief, memory, and what it means to see the world differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook of the Year Winner - Humor\/Satire - Independent Author Network\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Of The Year Silver Winner - Science Fiction - Foreword INDIES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBronze Winner - Literary Fiction - Readers' Favorite\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Strelich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685137911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685137915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rose Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Tom Strelich","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48440731926783,"sku":"9781685137915","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_419916bf-f979-46f8-a2ce-a31884aad635.jpg?v=1777184441","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dog-logic-tom-strelich-9781685137915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}