{"product_id":"the-broken-square-and-compasses-maribella-ashcroft-9798255807697","title":"The Broken Square and Compasses","description":"The Broken Square and Compasses \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe wanted to belong. He found a brotherhood that asked for everything. Now twenty-five men stand trial for murder-and the only oath that matters was never spoken in any courtroom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGilbert was a gate guard who felt invisible. Then he found the lodge. The frankincense. The blindfold. The grip that pulled him from the dark. For the first time in his life, he belonged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut belonging came with a price. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Saturday morning. A woman's laptop bag ripped from her shoulder. A message sent: All clear. Moving. A racing driver buried in a Louisiana forest. A general with a bullet in his back for twelve years. A diplomat who left his coffee untouched on a Saturday morning in Tel Aviv. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-five men in a New Orleans courtroom. Three years of evidence. Forty-seven encrypted messages. A dark blue journal written at two in the morning while a family slept in the next room. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe prosecution has the facts. The brotherhood has something older: an oath sealed in a room where silence is sacred and loyalty is stronger than blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe jury cannot agree. Three defendants die in custody. And a different court is already in session-one that asks a single question: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy did you stay when you knew? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a story about monsters. It is a story about men who wanted to be better and found themselves capable of worse. About a wife who picked up the journal and put it back. About a boy who packed his bag three days before his mother asked. About A doll left behind on a coffee table. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Brotherhood says nothing. The Sons of the Pyre are watching. And your real trial is yet to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by true events. The bond is real. The pain is real. The rest is fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maribella Ashcroft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798255807697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.01d","brand":"Maribella Ashcroft","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172850311423,"sku":"9798255807697","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-broken-square-and-compasses-maribella-ashcroft-9798255807697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}