{"product_id":"the-people-who-remain-joseph-bernardez-9798196423628","title":"The People Who Remain: A Novelette","description":"In the shadows beneath Camden Town, single father Kalem Mercer is fighting to survive poverty, violence, and a city that no longer feels built for people like him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen a dying stranger whispers his dead mother's name and hands him a satchel that changes everything.\u003cbr\u003eHidden beneath Camden lies a buried archive exposing decades of organized displacement, psychological manipulation, and corporate systems designed to erase entire communities while calling it progress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Kalem, his daughter Nia, and housing advocate Mara Doyle are pulled into a brutal war against Adrian Vale-a powerful redevelopment magnate who believes cities belong only to those wealthy enough to reshape them.\u003cbr\u003eBut the deeper Kalem digs into his parents' hidden legacy, the more dangerous he becomes.\u003cbr\u003eBecause the greatest inheritance they left behind was never money.\u003cbr\u003eIt was the one thing no system can permanently destroy: \u003cbr\u003ebelonging. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe People Who Remain\u003c\/i\u003e is a gritty, emotionally explosive literary crime-romance thriller about fatherhood, memory, systemic violence, inherited courage, and the fight to remain human inside modern cities designed to consume identity itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Bernardez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798196423628\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\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.71d","brand":"Joseph Bernardez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801504198911,"sku":"9798196423628","price":20.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-people-who-remain-joseph-bernardez-9798196423628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}