{"product_id":"the-shattered-realm-christopher-reier-9798242112230","title":"The Shattered Realm: The Fracture Line: A Dark Fantasy Thriller (Book Two)","description":"\u003cp\u003eReality didn't break when the first fracture appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt adjusted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath of the initial breach, the world looks stable-on the surface. Infrastructure holds. Cities function. Official reports insist the danger has passed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs invisible alignment failures ripple across the planet, systems begin to \u003ci\u003erespond\u003c\/i\u003e in ways no model can explain. Trains stall without error. Buildings bend without collapsing. Entire regions slip out of phase-then quietly correct themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of it all is \u003cb\u003eElias Vance\u003c\/b\u003e, a man who can feel when reality shifts-because it shifts \u003ci\u003earound him\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eWatching from the shadows is \u003cb\u003eArden Holt\u003c\/b\u003e, the architect of a containment strategy built on control, secrecy, and sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003eAnd moving where she isn't supposed to is \u003cb\u003eMara Kade\u003c\/b\u003e, a scientist who realizes too late that the fractures aren't hostile at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're stabilizing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut stability has a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs governments learn how to distribute the strain of a broken world, a new question emerges-one with no ethical answer: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho carries the load when reality demands payment?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fracture Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a slow-burn, high-concept dark fantasy thriller about systems under pressure, human consent, and what happens when survival itself becomes a managed resource.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no chosen ones.\u003cbr\u003eNo clean victories.\u003cbr\u003eOnly tradeoffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the system is learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Reier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242112230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Christopher Reier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171338395903,"sku":"9798242112230","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shattered-realm-christopher-reier-9798242112230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}