{"product_id":"the-perceivers-alan-robert-arnold-9798245785745","title":"The Perceivers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if intelligence itself is a threat to reality?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen physicist Elias Rowe discovers an anomaly buried deep in cosmic data-missing futures rather than missing matter-humanity is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: the universe does not merely exist. It is managed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the smallest quantum scales and the largest reaches of space, reality appears to resist being fully perceived. Civilizations that grow too capable of understanding the universe never seem to survive long enough to matter. Not destroyed-simply prevented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs humanity crosses the threshold from observer to participant, it inherits an unthinkable responsibility. Emerging intelligences across the cosmos are no longer mysteries to celebrate, but risks to contain. Quietly. Efficiently. Permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Perceivers\u003c\/i\u003e is a philosophical science-fiction novella about perception, power, and survival-where extinction becomes policy, stewardship replaces morality, and humanity learns to justify the unthinkable in the name of stability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark, thought-provoking, and unsettling, this story asks a single question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf perception defines reality, who gets to decide what is allowed to exist?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Robert Arnold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245785745\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.15d","brand":"Alan Robert Arnold","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440684249343,"sku":"9798245785745","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0f7bc0c-7ba6-41d9-b2bd-fc0c11afed27.jpg?v=1777184116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-perceivers-alan-robert-arnold-9798245785745","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}