{"product_id":"the-quiet-border-thomas-degan-9798994473023","title":"The Quiet Border","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an alternate North America where Indigenous nations formed a continental alliance and colonial descendants retreated into industrial strongholds, two civilizations face each other across a silent divide. The Cold War between them is fought not with armies but with espionage, propaganda, and the weaponization of history itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSky Guardian Aiyana Waketah is sent on a covert extraction mission into Pale City territory that goes wrong from the start. Someone has fed her team compromised intelligence, and as the operation unravels, Aiyana is forced to confront the possibility that the enemy is closer than she imagined. Meanwhile, inside the walls of Nova-Providence, cultural attaché Elias Harren discovers a forbidden book that rewrites everything he was taught about his civilization's founding. Hunted by the Doctrine Keepers and branded a traitor, Elias is pulled into an underground resistance led by a woman named Mira, who has already lost everything to the regime's appetite for silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Elias escapes across the border and begins broadcasting suppressed truths back into the Pale Cities, Aiyana navigates a fracturing political landscape within the Many Nations Alliance. A shadowy faction called the Untethered operates outside sanctioned channels, and when a devastating weapon known as the Nullwave is deployed against MNA territory, Aiyana must forge an unlikely alliance to build a defense that has never been tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn both sides of the border, the same question burns: What happens when the stories a society tells itself begin to collapse?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Quiet Border is the second book in The Divided Continent series, a speculative fiction saga that explores ideological conflict, institutional deception, and the fragile architecture of peace. It is a novel about the people caught between civilizations, where truth is the most dangerous weapon and silence is never the same as safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Degan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994473023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gonzo Adventures, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Thomas Degan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520238825727,"sku":"9798994473023","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8719535a-815d-4592-a94f-b7b85a73db11.jpg?v=1778741570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-quiet-border-thomas-degan-9798994473023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}