{"product_id":"ouroboros-network-alden-vire-9798245939810","title":"Ouroboros Network: A Near-Future Systems Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOUROBOROS NETWORK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Near-Future Systems Thriller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing is wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is the problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world that still functions-where shelves are stocked, procedures are followed, and decisions are made correctly-an unnamed examiner begins to notice something that cannot be reported, proven, or fixed. There is no crime to expose, no villain to confront, no moment where the system breaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, it persists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs anomalies surface and dissolve, the examiner discovers that the real machinery is not hidden in back rooms or secret facilities, but distributed across ordinary choices, professional habits, and reasonable compromises. Every safeguard works. Every process complies. And yet the outcome remains quietly disturbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a fringe collective attempts to name what others will not see, their noise only strengthens the system's ability to absorb dissent. Exposure changes nothing. Explanation makes things easier to accept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat remains is a harder question: how do you live inside a system you understand but cannot escape?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOuroboros Network\u003c\/i\u003e is a tightly focused, unsettling novella about normalization, drift, and the quiet violence of efficiency. It is not a story about collapse, but about stability-and the human cost of systems that function exactly as designed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of literary speculative fiction, psychological thrillers, and dystopian works that linger long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alden Vire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245939810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d","brand":"Alden Vire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172009353471,"sku":"9798245939810","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ouroboros-network-alden-vire-9798245939810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}