{"product_id":"shella-city-bader-n-s-9789699492693","title":"Shella City","description":"\u003cb\u003eShella is a city-state founded primarily to serve the fashion industry.\u003c\/b\u003e Politically neutral and flourishing under a free economy, it is populated by a society formed from generations of global migration. People of Shella embrace fashion as a culture and lifestyle and view modeling as a form of devotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novel begins seventy-five years after Shella's foundation and ten years into the \"Golden Age,\"\u003c\/b\u003e an era marked by the rise of Domainia. Once a simple modeling and ads agency, Domainia has grown into a powerhouse by marketing breakthrough inventions in technology, genetics, and medicine, expanding its influence both inside and outside the city. Randal, the founder and CEO, has utilized his \"Image Theories\"-rooted in social and emotional intelligence-to transform modeling into a superpower and established a basis for the rest of people to follow for success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story follows the lives of various Domainia models, \u003c\/b\u003e tracing their journeys from internal dilemmas to cutthroat competition. Their lives shift when they interact with a resistant movement working in the shadows to dismantle Domainia's monopoly over Shella City. These rebels have been tracing rumors about Domainia's illicit business dealings and suspicious, secretive gatherings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe world and thousands of lives will reach a tipping point.\u003c\/b\u003e Either Domainia remains in power, or the city falls to total collapse. Who will decide the true Image of Shella?\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eadult only\u003c\/b\u003e fantasy in a parallel universe where fashion and luxury brands and wealthy populations were clustered in one city built and had protected the freedom of innovation. It's a utopia from one side and a dystopia from the other, where both extremes of a liberated economy and a free society are explored in a complex journey of multiple plotlines and diverse POVs.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIf you're struggling behind in career life, far from your dreams, while others live with less effort and more social games. This story is yours.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bader N. S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9699492694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789699492693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kindle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.08d","brand":"Bader N. S.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48218011599103,"sku":"9789699492693","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5705b4d6-f725-4be6-bbc8-13035e609d4a.jpg?v=1772000859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shella-city-bader-n-s-9789699492693","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}