{"product_id":"the-sovereign-line-james-l-a-sterling-9798996762705","title":"The Sovereign Line","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome lines are crossed only once.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNora Miller was supposed to come home with coffee and a ridiculous purple dragonfly for the kitchen window. Instead, she is killed in a collision, and her husband Silas wakes to discover that the man responsible has already crossed into Golan-a City of Refuge where consequence stops at the border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe record is clear. The claim is open. The system has spoken: no action available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElias Thorne, Chief Registrar of the College of Arbiters, has spent his career maintaining the machinery that makes sanctuary lawful. He knows the rules, the records, and the limits of justice better than anyone. But when Silas asks the one question the system cannot safely answer, Thorne finds himself too close to evidence no one wants exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolan's protection depends on a legal truth the public record says is settled. If that truth is false, then sanctuary is not refuge. It is a trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Thorne must be isolated, discredited, and neutralized before he uncovers what the evidence may reveal. The system is designed to contain anyone who poses a risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept the man who knows the rules because he helped write them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James L. a. Sterling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996762705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e James L. A. Sterling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.18d","brand":"James L. a. Sterling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084283388159,"sku":"9798996762705","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sovereign-line-james-l-a-sterling-9798996762705","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}