{"product_id":"victorys-shadow-chris-cathey-9798254789826","title":"Victory's Shadow: The Cost of Victory - Volume 1 of 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a war that has already been lost, one final contingency changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictory's Shadow\u003c\/b\u003e is a gripping near-future thriller that explores the terrifying cost of desperation. When General Preston Sloane authorizes Project LAZARUS - a synthetic biological weapon designed to destabilize the enemy through animal vectors and behavioral collapse - the Atlantic Concord believes they have bought time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a targeted release quickly evolves beyond control, spreading neurological disinhibition, aggression, and systemic breakdown faster than any model predicted. As the front lines crumble and victory is declared, a silent contagion takes hold - one that no containment protocol, information suppression, or strategic denial can stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the sterile war rooms of Strategic Command to the fracturing streets of collapsing cities, this first volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Victory\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy follows the key players confronting the consequences of their choices: the general who signed the order, the scientist who warned against it, the information officer tasked with burying the truth, and the journalist racing to expose it before the record itself is erased.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending military techno-thriller with chilling epidemiological horror, \u003ci\u003eVictory's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e examines the thin line between survival and self-destruction, the fragility of truth in wartime, and the horrifying adaptability of a system designed to break the enemy - only to turn inward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Andromeda Strain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld War Z\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Three-Body Problem\u003c\/i\u003e - a stark warning wrapped in relentless tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war ended in hours. The nightmare had just begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Cathey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798254789826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d","brand":"Chris Cathey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172576108799,"sku":"9798254789826","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/victorys-shadow-chris-cathey-9798254789826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}