{"product_id":"the-dawn-line-hal-leach-9798258913517","title":"The Dawn Line: The Saga Begins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dawn Line: The Saga Begins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt started with a spark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot a metaphor. An actual spark - orange, electric, impossible - snapping between high school seniors who had just met at a debate tournament in Michigan's frozen Upper Peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Grubermann thought it was static electricity. He was wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCandy Schmidt knew exactly what it was. She just wasn't ready to explain it yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is one of the most unlikely love stories you'll ever read - part small-town romance, part coming-of-age adventure, part science fiction mystery hiding in plain sight. Set against the snow-buried backroads, bowling alleys, and church halls of the UP, \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn Line\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two sharp, funny, deeply human people falling for each other one letter at a time - while forces neither of them fully understands are watching, measuring, and filing reports.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Candy Schmidt isn't entirely human. Neither are her sisters. And the community she comes from - the Borak - have been living quietly among us for a very long time, following rules that govern everything from romance to biology to the precise color of a glow that only certain people can see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd doesn't know any of this yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut he's starting to figure it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith wit sharp enough to draw blood, characters warm enough to keep you reading past midnight, and a mystery that deepens with every chapter, \u003ci\u003eThe Dawn Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about what happens when two people are exactly right for each other - and the universe decides to make it complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe saga begins here.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eOutlander\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e, and small-town romance with a twist you won't see coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hal Leach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258913517\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\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Hal Leach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172985315583,"sku":"9798258913517","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dawn-line-hal-leach-9798258913517","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}