{"product_id":"mind-puppets-dan-armstrong-9798280670426","title":"Mind Puppets","description":"MIND PUPPETS: Book Description\u003cp\u003eIn \"Mind Puppets,\" a relaxing day at the beach transforms into a surreal nightmare when Georgy witnesses a thunderous boom that no one else seems to remember. After discovering her drink mysteriously filled with sand and encountering a child who shares her memories of the strange event, she realizes reality itself has fractured around her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Georgy flees from men in black suits and a boy whose appearance glitches between child and adult, she's rescued by a resistance fighter named Eleanor who reveals the horrifying truth: powerful forces have manipulated time itself. The American and Chinese governments have discovered a quantum anomaly allowing them to rewrite history, and Georgy is one of only five \"anomalies\" whose consciousness remains anchored to the original timeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuided by Eleanor's cryptic instructions, Georgy finds her way to a lighthouse where she meets the professor and Charlie, fellow anomalies fighting against the timeline manipulation. Together, they navigate a distorted world where reality shifts beneath their feet, rescuing other anomalies and evading \"temporal agents\" who seek to eliminate them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe group ultimately confronts the Architects-godlike beings orchestrating the rewriting of history-in the quantum nexus at the heart of reality. Here, they form a neural link, combining their memories of the original timeline to challenge the Architects' control. With a unified declaration that \"THIS IS NOT THE TRUE TIMELINE,\" they shatter the fabricated reality and restore the proper flow of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Georgy awakens back on the beach, everything seems normal-but a chance encounter with Charlie and the other anomalies suggests that beneath their conscious memories, a profound connection remains, echoing like thunder that never was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thought-provoking thriller blends quantum physics with philosophical questions about the nature of reality, memory, and the resilience of human consciousness in the face of godlike power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798280670426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Dan Armstrong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851020775679,"sku":"9798280670426","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mind-puppets-dan-armstrong-9798280670426","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}