{"product_id":"the-cost-of-genius-k-l-shadow-9798257820823","title":"The Cost of Genius: A Novel About Fame, Identity, and the Price of Being Seen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is the version of a person the world sees. And then there is everything that exists behind it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the outside, it looks like success. Applause. Recognition. A life that continues to rise without interruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut inside, something else is forming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe expectations come first. Then the pressure to meet them. Then the quiet realization that what people see is no longer something you control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd once that happens, it doesn't stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Genius\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply introspective literary novel that explores what it means to be seen by everyone but understood by no one. It moves beyond performance and into the psychological weight of identity, perception, and the slow transformation that happens when a person becomes something the world refuses to let them stop being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story about what fame takes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. L. Shadow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798257820823\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\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"K. L. Shadow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172882489599,"sku":"9798257820823","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cost-of-genius-k-l-shadow-9798257820823","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}