{"product_id":"quiet-that-holds-chris-johnson-9798271999727","title":"Quiet That Holds: A Civic Fantasy of Oaths and Quiet Power","description":"When a city learns to sing its doors open, thieves don't need keys-just the right note. Elara Wyn was trained to hear the seams in songs and the lies in paper. Kael was taught never to plant his feet where someone else sets the beat. Together, they're the field's answer to a Regent who wants harmony more than truth.\u003cbr\u003eAs oaths are \"standardized\" and breath itself gets cached in polite devices, Elara and Kael fight with the dull weapons that actually work-read-alouds, wrong thirds, and rooms full of people answering together. From tea-house audits to bell-tower showdowns to a quiet war upriver, they learn that the only thing stronger than a key is a chorus... and that quiet should hold without obedience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuiet That Holds\u003c\/i\u003e launches a sharp, human civic-fantasy series about power that pretends to be paperwork-and the ordinary habits that defeat it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e writes smart, human-scale fantasy about ordinary habits that break extraordinary machines. Based in the Midwest, they prefer tea houses to throne rooms and love a good ledger. When not writing, they build quiet systems for real people. \u003ci\u003eQuiet That Holds\u003c\/i\u003e is Book One in the \u003ci\u003eRooms That Answer\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798271999727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Chris Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170881839359,"sku":"9798271999727","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quiet-that-holds-chris-johnson-9798271999727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}