{"product_id":"the-static-michelle-jones-9798235482494","title":"The Static","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe town of Overtun, Maine, is bleeding out.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe paper mill is a rusted skeleton, and the only thing still working overtime is the local liquor store. For \u003cstrong\u003eBilly Landry\u003c\/strong\u003e, a disgraced DJ three months into a shaky sobriety, the graveyard shift at W-OVR is a quiet place to hide from the ghosts of his past. But tonight, the airwaves are turning wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe music is shriveling into a rhythmic pulse-a \"Wet Static\" that tastes like copper and sounds like teeth grinding in a dark room. It isn't just noise; it's a colonization. Something ancient and hungry is using Overtun's collective trauma as a hard drive, \"archiving\" the townspeople into a digital afterlife where the laws of physics pixelate and gravity is a suggestion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cstrong\u003eCasey Miller\u003c\/strong\u003e, a mechanic who trusts steel more than people, hears her long-dead father's voice calling from her engine block, she realizes the past has found a new frequency. To stop the \"Blue Man\"-a spindly entity rewriting the town's DNA-Billy must face a terrifying truth: his family wasn't just haunted; they were the Keepers of the Valve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a black, crystalline snow begins to fall and the \"Midnight Broadcast\" approaches, Billy has to make a choice. He can drown the world in his own failures, or he can become the grounding wire for a town's soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Overtun, the truth doesn't set you free. It just changes your bit-rate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelle Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798235482494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d","brand":"Michelle Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665515385087,"sku":"9798235482494","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-static-michelle-jones-9798235482494","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}