{"product_id":"the-borderland-collapse-matthew-petchinsky-9798349310782","title":"The Borderland Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Borderland Collapse\u003c\/strong\u003e is a harrowing psychological horror novel that explores the slow erosion of identity, health, and sanity in the shadows of poverty and abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEzra Cross never imagined survival would look like this-fighting for breath in roach-infested rooms, bleeding through untreated infections, and being silenced by the very people who claim to love him. After losing his job, his health, and his last sense of safety, he follows Lyrica into a string of nightmarish living situations-trailers that rot from the inside out, cribs filled with crawling things, and apartments haunted not by ghosts, but by cruelty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the story of a haunted house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a haunted man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDenied disability aid, mocked for his suffering, and weaponized by the only family he has left, Ezra struggles to survive one day at a time. But the house isn't the only thing collapsing. His body is failing. His voice is vanishing. And when the world shuts down during a fictionalized pandemic, Ezra learns that the scariest silence is the one no one else can hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBleak, lyrical, and devastating, \u003cem\u003eThe Borderland Collapse\u003c\/em\u003e is the scream of the forgotten-buried under bills, infection, and the weight of being unwanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Petchinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798349310782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Edward Petchinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Matthew Petchinsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49167426388223,"sku":"9798349310782","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-borderland-collapse-matthew-petchinsky-9798349310782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}