{"product_id":"the-feather-of-balance-karine-green-9798274775021","title":"The Feather of Balance: A Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Novella \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne heartbeat. One measure. One ordinary life weighed against eternity.\u003cp\u003eNick Corbin dies on a Tuesday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStroke at a highway rest stop. Six hours from home. No warning. No goodbyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wakes in a place that shouldn't exist: the Hall of Ma'at, where an ancient goddess places his heart on golden scales. Opposite it, a single white feather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf his heart is heavier, he's done. If it balances... the work begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gates are waiting.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach one demands something Nick can't afford to give: His memories. His wife. His children. His grandson. The comfortable lies he's told himself for fifty-two years. The grudges he's nursed. The people he's failed. The truth about who he really was when no one was watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo pass through, he must build a ship from his own choices. Plant seeds of truth in fields of grief. Name the forgotten. Forgive the unforgivable, including himself. Become something more than Nicholas Corbin ever was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecome N.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut the final weighing is still to come.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd this time, it's not just his heart on the scales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Feather of Balance reimagines the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead through the eyes of a modern everyman who is a Michigan carpenter whose ordinary, useful life becomes the measure of his soul. Drawing on public domain mythological source material, this literary fantasy asks: What does it mean to live a good life? And when the scales demand an accounting, will usefulness be enough?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who loved \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Library\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLincoln in the Bardo\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karine Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798274775021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Karine Green","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171268665599,"sku":"9798274775021","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-feather-of-balance-karine-green-9798274775021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}