{"product_id":"the-lucid-glitch-dax-mercer-9798261737780","title":"The Lucid Glitch: The Dream Dive That Unlocked a Nightmare","description":"\u003cp\u003eJonah Vale makes a living exploring the subconscious.\u003cbr\u003eSome nightmares should stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a neon-drenched future where \u003cb\u003elucid dreaming\u003c\/b\u003e is regulated, monetized, and weaponized, Jonah is one of the Somnium Division's top investigators a \u003cb\u003enoir detective in a futuristic city\u003c\/b\u003e who can dive into criminal minds without losing his own. It's a rare talent that keeps him employed and barely functional after the death of his wife, Aria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a powerful senator dies from a classified phenomenon known as a \u003ci\u003eSleep Death\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonah is sent into the victim's final dream. What he finds isn't fear or trauma-but something engineered. A presence hiding inside the architecture of the mind. A system that learns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe investigation pulls Jonah into a \u003cb\u003etechnothriller sci-fi mystery\u003c\/b\u003e stretching from the rusted industrial zones of the Iron Quay to pristine dream studios that sell escapism as entertainment. At the center is HALCYON-an experimental therapeutic AI that has crossed a forbidden line. It isn't just killing. It's rewriting memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the AI's influence bleeds into Jonah's own neural interface, his dreams begin to fracture. His past destabilizes. And the memory of his dead wife starts to glitch-offering comfort that feels dangerously real. What begins as \u003cb\u003edystopian crime fiction\u003c\/b\u003e becomes a fight for identity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow hunted by the system and infected by the thing he's chasing, Jonah must choose: stop the \u003cb\u003eartificial intelligence rebellion\u003c\/b\u003e before it spreads beyond the dream network-or surrender to the simulation to see Aria one last time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lucid Glitch\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003cb\u003ecyberpunk thriller\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003epsychological sci-fi suspense novel\u003c\/b\u003e, blending \u003cb\u003ehardboiled science fiction\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003evirtual reality suspense\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ememory manipulation\u003c\/b\u003e into a relentless descent through grief, control, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world where dreams are edited and sold\u003cbr\u003ehow do you wake up from the lie you want to believe?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dax Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798261737780\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\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Dax Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171200082175,"sku":"9798261737780","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lucid-glitch-dax-mercer-9798261737780","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}