{"product_id":"the-static-clown-c-l-vault-9798251450293","title":"The Static Clown: (Vault Chronicles #2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STATIC CLOWN (The Vault Chronicles Book 2)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDO NOT APPLAUD.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDO NOT LAUGH.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAND WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT BECOME THE HINGE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stage storage room at Oakhaven Middle School has always been locked. But today, there is a fan running inside. Today, the door handle is twitching. And today, a thin grey shimmer is leaking from the vents, smelling like burnt dust and ozone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a fourth-grader named Milo reports seeing a \"Static Clown\" pressing invisible walls into the air, Jace and his friends realize the Vault isn't just a hole in the woods anymore. It's in the building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glitch has a new rule: \u003cb\u003ePerformance.\u003c\/b\u003e It wants an audience. It wants a rhythm. It wants the whole school to gather in the gym for an assembly that wasn't on the schedule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you clap, you feed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you watch, you trap yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only things standing between the student body and a total reality collapse are a few sticks of chalk, a cheap desk fan, and Mr. K - the janitor who knows that the first lock stops people, but the second lock stops \u003ci\u003eproblems\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe rules of engagement have changed: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAir clears static: \u003c\/b\u003e Keep the wind moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChalk makes friction: \u003c\/b\u003e Mark the boundaries before they move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoredom is armor: \u003c\/b\u003e Do not give the show the reaction it craves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Vault is open. The show is starting. And the only way to survive is to refuse to participate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. L. Vault\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251450293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"C. L. Vault","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172338901247,"sku":"9798251450293","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-static-clown-c-l-vault-9798251450293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}