{"product_id":"the-mycelium-eugene-rex-9798269988672","title":"The Mycelium","description":"Jacob Kowalski is drowning in the quiet desperation of corporate life, where every day is a battle against phony smiles and meaningless routine. A desperate escape from a hated team-building retreat to the Appalachian Mountains seems like a lifeline, a breath of fresh air. But a chance encounter in the deep woods with strange, otherworldly violet mushrooms changes everything.\u003cbr\u003eInhaling their spores doesn't just make him sick-it plugs him into a silent, global network that envelops the entire planet. He can hear thoughts. Feel emotions. The chaotic noise of the city transforms into a symphony of secrets, fears, and desires.\u003cbr\u003eWhat begins as a terrifying curse soon becomes a tool, then a weapon, and finally, an obsession. As he builds his own \"family\" of connected minds, the man he once was begins to dissolve, replaced by a cold, calculating god of his own creation: The Coordinator.\u003cbr\u003eBut Jake is not alone. His expansion puts him on a collision course with other, more ruthless players in a secret, psychic war for the future of human consciousness itself. Forced to become a monster to fight other monsters, Jake must confront the ultimate question: when you can control everyone, what is the price of your own soul?\u003cbr\u003eThis is a story about the end of loneliness and the end of freedom, and the monstrous price of becoming something more than human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene Rex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798269988672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Eugene Rex","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460263358719,"sku":"9798269988672","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81c22c2c-62f2-414a-a8dd-56296fd039fc.jpg?v=1777413612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mycelium-eugene-rex-9798269988672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}