{"product_id":"enter-the-peerless-kyle-winkler-9798987574355","title":"Enter the Peerless","description":"\u003cp\u003eElpenor, a newly minted private investigator, finds his first case on Craigslist: twenty-nine people have entered an abandoned trailer in rural Indiana, and none of them have left. Unable to open the trailer's doors or windows, Elpenor enlists two local accomplices, a knife grinder (Don the Knife) and a janitor (Hugh Gardener). When they finally gain access, they fall into a pocket universe ruled by a godlike being called Fiascoal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefugees of this world-a depopulated and exact copy of our world-congregate around a web of communities in St. Louis. Elpenor attempts to find the missing people but is instead forced to become the new host of Fiascoal as a communal ritual. His search for the missing in the netherworld and the needs of the hungry, petulant god conflict as Don the Knife raises a cult of personality, community leaders abuse their authority, and Elpenor must decide whether to save the few over the many. That is, if he can find a way out of the metaphysical prison he's broken into. Told in a charged high-rhetorical, hard-boiled style, \u003cem\u003eEnter the Peerless\u003c\/em\u003e is a detective novel for the paranoiacs and heartsick rejects who know an angel in the dirt when they see one. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kyle Winkler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798987574355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e From Beyond Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.58d","brand":"Kyle Winkler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867296813311,"sku":"9798987574355","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6cc777e8-8822-4bdb-b358-13d2bec86963.jpg?v=1747454402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/enter-the-peerless-kyle-winkler-9798987574355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}