{"product_id":"the-silent-driver-orlandus-shorter-9781970955002","title":"The Silent Driver: A Novel Inspired By True Events","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThey think he's just the driver. They're wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Houston, Orlandus Shorter moved quietly through the lives of the city's elite, its strivers, its liars, its lonely, its grieving, its beautiful, and its broken. CEOs. Athletes. Couples on the edge. Men performing power. Women carrying secrets. People who believed a closed car door made them invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt never did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Silent Driver\u003c\/strong\u003e is a hybrid work of interconnected literary fiction written from the lived perspective of Orlandus Shorter. Told through sixteen linked encounters, it blends story cycle, character portrait, and emotional realism into something all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter stands alone. Together, they form a larger portrait: \u003cstrong\u003eOrlandus Shorter told in pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e through the silence he kept, the roads he drove, and the people who revealed themselves when they thought no one was listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharp, funny, and haunting, this book explores silence, intimacy, betrayal, grief, and the strange grace that can appear in the smallest private moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a conventional short story collection, a traditional novel, or straightforward memoir. It is something in between: a hybrid literary work shaped by the real voice, lived perspective, and moral witness of Orlandus Shorter as The Silent Driver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're drawn to morally complex characters, interconnected stories, and literary fiction rooted in the emotional truth of lived experience, take a seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Orlandus Shorter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1970955007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781970955002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Legacy Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d","brand":"Orlandus Shorter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997308760319,"sku":"9781970955002","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-silent-driver-orlandus-shorter-9781970955002","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}