{"product_id":"ghost-hands-reinhold-nilson-9798265821829","title":"Ghost Hands","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE LAW SAYS TWO OR NONE. THE GHOSTS CHOSE NONE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quiet rule keeps three worlds in balance. Every act requires a pair. Touch. Consent. Two hands on the glass.\u003cbr\u003eNow counterfeit pairs-ghost hands-slip past the safeguards. Fast. Clean. Wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMira Osei reads cities like circuits. She widens the listen window once, and only once, to keep the beat from breaking.\u003cbr\u003eDeka Riall finds the old code in Echo's archives-written to still, never to move-and calls the debt by name.\u003cbr\u003eIven Coil stands before the Crown and refuses the easy lever. No overrides. No solos. Proof or nothing.\u003cbr\u003eLio Vale teaches a rite from Loki: cast a shadow with your pair. Ghosts can't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Steadfast Compact sells speed. The chorus demands consent. Public stones glow for pairs and stay dark for lone hands. Quarantines stall, not punish. Logs don't lie.\u003cbr\u003eAnd beyond the quarrel, a patient signal hums. A harvester braid, working slow. Taking its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhost Hands\u003c\/b\u003e is Book Two of the Fourth Strand Trilogy-the second Lone Star Trilogy-lean, tense, and full of lighted interfaces and human vows. New readers will find the ground fast. Returning readers will see the stakes widen and the Key get clearer on the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExpect: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA system built on consent, not force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Duet Key on the page-bars, taps, pressure-used as language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA simple public test that reveals fakes: the shadow-pair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo single-hand saviors. No emergency override.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA slow, distant threat that won't go away just because you shout at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for readers who want: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eTight sci-fi with ethics at the center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorldbuilding that speaks through tools and maps, not lectures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacters who choose law over impulse, and pay for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries placement: \u003c\/b\u003e Lone Star Trilogy 2 (Fourth Strand Trilogy), Book 2.\u003cbr\u003eYou can start here. If you've read the first trilogy, you'll catch the deeper chords. If not, the rule is simple enough to learn: listen first. Act together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo. Or none.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reinhold Nilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798265821829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Reinhold Nilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664757657855,"sku":"9798265821829","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghost-hands-reinhold-nilson-9798265821829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}