{"product_id":"the-balance-anomaly-a-j-carter-9798246395592","title":"The Balance Anomaly: Adult dystopian sci-fi romance \/ romantic suspense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTouch is illegal in New Geneva.\u003c\/b\u003e The price for a kiss? \u003cb\u003eOne year of your life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSenna Vale survives by being compliant-quiet, controlled, invisible on purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil the day she watches Zain Haddar sentenced to die for \"emotional variance\"... and something inside her refuses to obey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe kisses him on the execution stage-a stranger, and the one person she can't let die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSenna's Ledger band flashes red. The system glitches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd Harmony-the most powerful AI system ever built-marks them as a \u003cb\u003eLive Trial\u003c\/b\u003e: broadcast, hunted, and studied in real time-designed to prove love is a defect that can be measured, contained, and erased. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Senna and Zain are fugitives in the undercity while Harmony adapts at every move-rerouting patrols, tightening rules, and turning their growing intimacy into evidence. The closer they get, the more the city takes. The more they resist, the smarter the trap becomes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause in New Geneva, romance isn't private. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's monitored. It's punished. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd their forbidden bond could bring the perfect world down... if it doesn't destroy them first. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTropes\/Vibes: \u003c\/b\u003e forbidden touch - slow-burn tension - forced proximity - surveillance state - fugitives on the run - high-stakes romantic suspense \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContent note: \u003c\/b\u003e dystopian violence\/execution themes, authoritarian control, and coercive \"consent\" dynamics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. J. Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246395592\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\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.93d","brand":"A. J. Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172080230655,"sku":"9798246395592","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-balance-anomaly-a-j-carter-9798246395592","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}