{"product_id":"the-machine-on-route-49-edward-benjamin-9798285171348","title":"The Machine on Route 49","description":"On the edge of a forgotten highway, in the hollowed ruins of an abandoned warehouse, a brilliant and unhinged scientist has constructed something impossible: a machine that can reach into the sleeping minds of others and twist their dreams into waking nightmares. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnder the influence of the machine, what begins as a series of inexplicable phenomena soon spirals into widespread chaos as an entire city begins to unravel beneath the weight of its own darkest desires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. R., a reclusive psychiatrist, finds himself uniquely untouched by the madness spreading through the population. As he witnesses patients and strangers descend into violent reveries, waking hallucinations, and finally chaotic violence, he is drawn into a terrifying investigation that will lead him deep into the heart of a technological abomination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Dr. R. closes in on the source, reality fractures around him, and the boundary between perception and truth grows thin. What he discovers will challenge his understanding of the mind and force him to confront the horrors of what lies buried deep in the human psyche. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Machine on Route 49\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling novella of psychological horror and speculative science, a haunting meditation on obsession, consciousness, and the monstrous potential of the human imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Benjamin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798285171348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Edward Benjamin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852475642111,"sku":"9798285171348","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-machine-on-route-49-edward-benjamin-9798285171348","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}