{"product_id":"the-waking-margin-m-vael-9798254235392","title":"The Waking Margin","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe space station is studying consciousness. Consciousness is studying back.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Waking Margin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eby M. Vael\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSix months after a catastrophic event fused 340 researchers into a single screaming consciousness, the orbital station Acheron-7 is a quarantine zone held together by a skeleton crew and protocol. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Sable Mirin arrives to map the fused entity and determine if the minds can be separated. She is calm, methodical, and certain of one thing: consciousness is a phenomenon to be observed. Not experienced. Not joined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen the memories start. Vivid, embodied recollections of a life she never lived. A house she has never seen. A name she has never heard. They are not random. They follow a pattern. And the pattern leads deeper into the station than anyone has been since the doors were sealed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOren, a synthetic consciousness built on a dead man's memories, notices something worse: Sable's neural signature matches the anomaly's frequency with 97.3% fidelity. She shouldn't have a frequency at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd in the sealed sector, 340 voices are speaking at once. They have been speaking since the event. No one has been listening. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waking Margin\u003c\/i\u003e is dark sci-fi for readers who want their horror earned, their science unsettling, and their questions answered with worse questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. Vael\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798254235392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"M. Vael","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172959592703,"sku":"9798254235392","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-waking-margin-m-vael-9798254235392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}