{"product_id":"one-billion-seconds-rhoshell-baker-9798185952740","title":"One Billion Seconds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne Billion Seconds\u003c\/b\u003e is a propulsive, character-driven thriller about what happens when a mysterious countdown appears on every screen in the world-and one woman's fight to survive her own deadline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe app appeared at dawn. No one knows where it came from. No one can turn it off. For every person on Earth, a number now counts down to the moment of their predicted death. For paramedic Daniel Reyes, that number is thirty-one years. For his wife, Elena Marquez-Reyes, it is nine days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the world descends into panic, Daniel and Elena discover that the countdowns are not predictions-they are assignments. A shadowy corporation called Palisade has spent years building a system designed to optimize human behavior by making mortality visible. Now that system is loose, and it doesn't just forecast death-it arranges it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Elena's timer drops without warning, Daniel must confront an impossible choice: follow his training to save lives at any cost, or honor his wife's wish to decide how she spends her remaining time. Together with a ragtag group of \"nulls\"-people the system cannot predict-they race to expose the truth before Elena's number reaches zero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the system is watching. And it will do anything to protect its prophecy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a rain-slicked Toronto and spanning hidden tunnels, corporate control rooms, and a desperate final stand at Union Station, \u003ci\u003eOne Billion Seconds\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about mortality, love, and the human cost of turning prediction into permission. For readers of Blake Crouch's \u003ci\u003eDark Matter\u003c\/i\u003e and Emily St. John Mandel's \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, this debut novel asks: when the future becomes a number, who gets to decide what matters?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rhoshell Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185952740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Rhoshell Baker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174343450879,"sku":"9798185952740","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdb46b71-66b4-4b6c-a4d8-f2cfb03c2067.jpg?v=1788959137","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-billion-seconds-rhoshell-baker-9798185952740","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}