{"product_id":"envy-jp-dumas-9798244679687","title":"Envy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Be careful what you crave in the shadows, for the Three Sisters grant every wish with a jagged edge. In this kingdom of ghosts and gold, the price of envy is a debt that can never be paid-only repeated.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeneath a sky of bruised and \"venomous purple,\" where the river's \"relentless plink\" tolls the knell of a pauper's soul, dwells Jacob-a man consumed by a \"black fury\" and a \"simmering rage.\" From the threshold of a \"shack that seems to lurch and sway,\" he gazes upon the Mallory estate, those \"insolent constellations of wealth\" that glitter like cold stars to mock his misery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDriven by a \"cold seed\" of resentment, he rows his \"leaky boat\" into the \"gullet of some great beast\" -the forbidden upper river. There, amidst the \"skeletal sentinels\" of the swamp, he invokes the Three Sisters, the \"hunger in the dark.\" They offer the \"gold of a hundred sunken ships,\" yet they speak in riddles of a \"seed\" and a \"harvest.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe gold is granted, ancient and \"deadly cold,\" but the harvest is a \"spectacle of wealth and sorrow.\" For as Jacob ascends to his \"kingdom of ghosts,\" his daughter's lungs fill with the \"silty river water\" of the damned, and his wife becomes a \"beautiful, empty shell\" with a \"mechanical\" smile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, trapped in an \"eternal hell,\" Jacob discovers that the rope upon the banister is no mere tool, but a \"permanent part of the house.\" \"All sins come with a price,\" and in this \"magnificent prison,\" the debt is paid in a cycle that never ends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jp Dumas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798244679687\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\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Jp Dumas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172184334591,"sku":"9798244679687","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/envy-jp-dumas-9798244679687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}