{"product_id":"the-trade-nathan-peter-9798194566563","title":"The Trade","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe was the most valuable player in basketball. Then someone decided his value was worth more if they destroyed him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMason Reid has everything a professional basketball superstar is supposed to want-money, fame, a championship ring, and a reputation almost as dangerous as his jump shot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen investigative journalist Tessa Grant publishes a story exposing suspicious payments inside his franchise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty-eight hours later, Mason is traded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot negotiated. Not planned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngineered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMason blames Tessa for blowing apart his career. Tessa thinks Mason is another arrogant athlete caught too close to dirty money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're both wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a break-in, a dead player's hidden archive and evidence of manipulated games pull them into the same investigation, they uncover something far bigger than basketball: a system capable of controlling trades, identities, contracts and millions of dollars by turning professional athletes into market variables.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Mason isn't merely caught inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's the asset everything was built around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Columbus makes an impossible run toward the championship, somebody begins attacking Mason everywhere except the scoreboard-his reputation, his medical records, his career and eventually his legal identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe closer Tessa gets to the truth, the harder it becomes to separate the man she's investigating from the man she's falling for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the people behind the trade can manipulate almost anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGames. Markets. Careers. Truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Mason and Tessa are about to become the one variable they never calculated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathan Peter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798194566563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Nathan Peter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50847552471295,"sku":"9798194566563","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trade-nathan-peter-9798194566563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}