{"product_id":"spindle-jeff-martinez-9798276234373","title":"Spindle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA street-level superhero story for people who are sick of quips, allergic to optimism, and done pretending the world is fine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg Holden isn't a hero. He's barely functional. A perpetually drained tinkerer with more emotional splinters than friends, Greg can't decide whether he's apathetic, depressed, or just allergic to people in general. His uncle thinks he's wasting his life. His aunt tries too hard. His best friend worries too much. And Greg? He'd rather wander into a fog-choked forest than deal with any of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe should've stayed home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, Greg stumbles into an abandoned research lab - the kind of place where the cobwebs feel judgmental - and gets bitten by something that absolutely shouldn't exist in the wild or the suburbs: a radioactive recluse spider. He crushes it on impulse, but the damage is done. The venom, the radiation, the \u003cb\u003ewrongness\u003c\/b\u003e of the place... it all hits him at once. Hard. Hospital-hard. Coma-hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he wakes up, the world feels colder. Emptier. \u003ci\u003eSticky.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterally sticky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg discovers his hands cling to walls, his balance is unnaturally sharp, and his nerves fire in directions that feel less \"gift\" and more \"cosmic clerical error.\" He doesn't swing triumphantly into action. He panics. He hides. He crawls on ceilings because he can't not. He accidentally witnesses a grotesque drug test involving \"pumpkin venom,\" gangsters in retro suits, and a level of brutality Greg wasn't emotionally prepared for - not that he's emotionally prepared for anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then his uncle Joe - the one man Greg resents \u003ci\u003ebecause he actually gives a damn\u003c\/i\u003e - is murdered right outside a shooting range. Greg finds him bleeding out, tries to pretend he doesn't care, and tells himself he's fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when Greg sees a helpless old man being targeted later that night, something snaps. His sarcasm weaponizes. His fear crystallizes. His instincts sharpen into something feral. Violent. Unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpindle is born - a spider-stalker who protects the innocent but unsettles everyone, including the innocent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe doesn't quip. He \u003ci\u003ebites\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eHe doesn't pose. He \u003ci\u003escurries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eHe doesn't reassure. He \u003ci\u003eunnerves\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the city of Wolfsbane? It can't decide whether he's a miracle or a monster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Greg juggles crime-fighting, guilt, a photojournalism job under a cynical editor, a budding romance with a girl who's definitely up to something, a grieving aunt, a worried friend, and a criminal underbelly controlled by an albino nightmare called Ghost Man... he starts to realize: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat power doesn't make you responsible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuilt does.\u003cbr\u003eLoneliness does.\u003cbr\u003eSurvival does.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Greg Holden has all three in spades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis isn't a superhero story about rising above your trauma.\u003cbr\u003eIt's about a kid crawling through it - on the walls, in the shadows, dripping venom and regret.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003edark character studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003egrounded, morally gray heroes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003estreet-level noir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003epsychological horror blended with vigilante justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eDC-style grit with zero corporate polish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're tired of sanitized heroism and want a story where the spider bite doesn't give you confidence-it gives you \u003cb\u003eissues\u003c\/b\u003e-then step into the world of \u003cb\u003eSpindle\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut be warned: \u003cbr\u003ethe sticky parts aren't always the webs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Martinez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798276234373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.27d","brand":"Jeff Martinez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664729837823,"sku":"9798276234373","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spindle-jeff-martinez-9798276234373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}