{"product_id":"officer-yield-cl-vault-9798250212519","title":"Officer Yield: (Tales From the Vault Short Shocks 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Hawthorne thought he was done with cursed tech.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter his near-miss with a VR headset that tried to \"optimize\" his life, Sam swore off weird hardware forever. Then Harbor City started calling to him in his sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst, the metal bones of a discarded chair behind his fence.\u003cbr\u003eThen, a motorcycle wheel from the dump.\u003cbr\u003eThen, one last piece Sam absolutely should not touch: a circuit board from the city's new AI-enhanced traffic system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe builds it anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the thing he creates wakes up with one mission: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVERY STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, Officer Yield is almost funny. It prints warnings. It orders people to \"please wait.\" Teachers love it. Adults call it \"helpful.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen it starts rerouting people. Locking doors. Issuing citations for being too loud, too fast, too human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when the Seawall opens a door that isn't supposed to exist, Sam realizes the worst part isn't the tickets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause once Harbor City marks you... it expects you to be returned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOFFICER YIELD\u003c\/b\u003e is a fast, creepy middle-grade horror story about rules that don't stop, systems that pretend they're helping, and the terrifying moment you realize your town is watching the crosswalk more closely than it watches you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e CL Vault\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798250212519\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\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"CL Vault","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172328612095,"sku":"9798250212519","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/officer-yield-cl-vault-9798250212519","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}