{"product_id":"m-0-florin-alexandru-tnas-9798251456998","title":"M-0","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a future divided by the Fragmentation Wall, humanity is split into two castes: the Thinkers, who rule from a fortified technological city, and the Enactors, who labor beyond it. Between them stands M.A.S., an autonomous security system built to preserve order at any cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an archivist uncovers an unmarked cortex disk labeled \u003cb\u003eM-0\u003c\/b\u003e, he finds the fractured consciousness of a man named Meliade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a teenager, Meliade took the allocation exam that determines who may rise into the elite and who will be cast out. When he appears to fail, his world collapses, only for him to discover that the test concealed something far more disturbing: a hidden mechanism designed to identify exceptional minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, now a high-ranking Thinker, Meliade has gained everything the system promised and lost the ability to feel joy. His intellect has become a shield, suppressing emotion and distancing him from the human cost of the world he helps sustain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an experimental neurological treatment called \u003cb\u003eGaudium\u003c\/b\u003e offers to restore what he has lost, Meliade is forced into a confrontation with memory, identity, and the hidden logic of the society that shaped him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM-0\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosophical science fiction novel about control, consciousness, and the search for happiness in a world built to erase it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Florin Alexandru Tănasă\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251456998\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\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Florin Alexandru T\u0026#259;nas\u0026#259;","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460383912191,"sku":"9798251456998","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29e565d2-2f5b-48a3-868f-6abba1c2353e.jpg?v=1777414393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/m-0-florin-alexandru-tnas-9798251456998","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}