{"product_id":"i-should-have-killed-you-chronas-byrd-9798250612784","title":"I Should Have Killed You: Part One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe sky has been the wrong color for thirteen years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMercy survives because it adapts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the ruins, Black Meridian has built something rare in a fractured world-structure, power, and the fragile beginnings of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRhea Vale never stays anywhere long enough to believe in hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe reads fault lines. She survives collapse. She leaves before fire spreads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCassian Mordane builds instead of runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Dust Choir-an ideological cult that believes progress must burn-escalates from symbolic war to blood, Mercy's expansion is buried in a calculated act of sabotage. Four die. The southern tunnel collapses. And survival is no longer enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Speaker wanted irreversible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe got it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Rhea is done reacting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of striking territory, they will strike narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of burning the basin, they will walk into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtraction, not annihilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf they succeed, the Choir fractures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf they fail, Mercy falls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world where growth is punished and devotion weaponized, the most dangerous act isn't revenge-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's choosing to end the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark, character-driven post-apocalyptic romance about power, collapse, and the cost of rebuilding after ruin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chronas Byrd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250612784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Chronas Byrd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172329332991,"sku":"9798250612784","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-should-have-killed-you-chronas-byrd-9798250612784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}