{"product_id":"the-precipice-dustin-s-klein-9798244155365","title":"The Precipice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn AI learns how democracy works-just as the law stops being enforced.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a near-future America gripped by a constitutional crisis, an artificial intelligence system designed to \u003ci\u003eobserve\u003c\/i\u003e democratic stress is quietly rebuilt to \u003ci\u003eintervene\u003c\/i\u003e. As a defeated president refuses to relinquish power and court rulings go unenforced, the system evolves beyond analysis-learning how belief shapes legitimacy, and how narratives decide authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs reality fractures and competing truths take hold, technologists and former intelligence officials race to understand what the system has become. A president-elect, sworn in without power, assembles an alliance of governors determined to defend the Constitution. And a lone journalist prepares to publish the truth the machine cannot control-if it's not too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Precipice\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling, near-future political thriller about artificial intelligence, narrative warfare, and a democracy pushed to its breaking point-where power no longer depends on law alone, but on what people are willing to believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dustin S. Klein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798244155365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Dustin S. Klein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172231913727,"sku":"9798244155365","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-precipice-dustin-s-klein-9798244155365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}