{"product_id":"the-line-justin-lampert-9781969709678","title":"The Line: Where Responsibility Stops - Book One","description":"The original manuscript was 1,247 pages.\u003cp\u003eTheir pet Siberian tiger read four paragraphs and passed out cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the version that won't collapse four NATO alliances.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustin Lampert talks too much, laughs at inappropriate moments, and has a way of looking at people that makes them confess things they haven't done yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErik Block barely speaks at all. He moves through the world like water through cracks-finding gaps, filling spaces, disappearing before anyone notices he was there. His file says he's \"adaptable.\" His file is an understatement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, they do what governments can't. Or won't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey find the people who think they're untouchable-the predators hiding behind lawyers, the monsters protected by bureaucracy, the powerful who believe consequences are for other people-and they prove them \u003ci\u003ecatastrophically\u003c\/i\u003e wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo badges. No warrants. No oversight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut someone has been watching. Learning. Designing problems specifically calibrated to force Justin and Erik out of the shadows and into an impossible choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlay by someone else's rules-or watch everything burn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE LINE\u003c\/b\u003e is a darkly comedic thriller about accountability, friendship, and what happens when the only people willing to do what's necessary are the ones everyone pretends don't exist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Ethics Committee memos that will make you laugh out loud\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Load-bearing redactions (do not attempt to remove)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A 673-pound tiger named Tootsie who has a therapist now\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The phrase \"practice toe\" used in ways you won't forget\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A cat named Theodore who remains unimpressed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome problems can't be solved by committees.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome people can't be stopped by laws.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome lines can only be held by monsters willing to become what the darkness requires.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook One in THE LINE series.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"They didn't reject the role. They abolished it.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou're welcome.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justin Lampert,Erik Block,J. L. Block Enterprises\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1969709677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781969709678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lampert \u0026amp; Sons Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Justin Lampert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801270169855,"sku":"9781969709678","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-line-justin-lampert-9781969709678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}