{"product_id":"the-second-transition-james-mccowan-9798258784674","title":"The Second Transition: A Queer Cyberpunk Novel About Fighting to Become Yourself and Having to Do It All Over Again","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe survived her first transition. The second one is threatening to take everything she has left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Westminster, 2042. Asha Hollis is a trans woman who spent years insisting on her own existence. Hormones, surgery, a lifetime of refusing to be overwritten. She won. She had a face that fit, a life that fit, and Phoebe: blue-haired, brilliant, the person she came home to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a truck crushed her spine on a rain-slicked street. The only way to rebuild her was to change her. Now she's Enhanced. Nanites in her blood, the Deep Stream in her mind, processing the world at speeds no unaugmented person can keep up with. Including Phoebe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe tries everything to hold on. The gap between what she is now and the woman Phoebe fell in love with is automatic, permanent, and getting wider every week whether either of them does anything about it. Asha is not willing to accept that. She will find a way to close it. She has to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the harder she fights to keep the life she had, the more she has to reckon with the thing she keeps avoiding. She is not who she was before the accident. And she doesn't yet know who that makes her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Second Transition is a cyberpunk novel with a deeply human core. For readers who loved the emotional depth of A Memory Called Empire and the gritty intimacy of Neuromancer, but wanted a story where the most dangerous frontier is the self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis novel was written with AI assistance for structural outlining and drafting support. The plot, characters, themes, and creative vision are the original work of the author, James McCowan.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James McCowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258784674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"James McCowan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172976632063,"sku":"9798258784674","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-second-transition-james-mccowan-9798258784674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}