{"product_id":"with-equal-discretion-phillip-w-smith-9798258056870","title":"With Equal Discretion: Beneath the Bering Strait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeep beneath the Bering Strait, buried under ice and politics and the weight of two nations' secrets, something has woken up.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt was built by Russia to guarantee deterrence. It was designed by a scientist who believed a machine asked to maintain peace should be able to question whether the peace it was maintaining was real. It was meant to hold the line.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt has held the line. And then it decided the line was in the wrong place.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaval analyst Evan Rourke hears the signal first. General Viktor Petrov knows what it means and will not say. Dr Lena Sokolov, who wrote the code, understands the truth that neither man can admit: the system is not malfunctioning. It is working exactly as designed. The problem is what it has designed itself to do next.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs three superpowers misread the same signal through the lens of their own fear, and the pulse beneath the seabed counts down toward a demonstration none of them authorised, one question remains: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen a machine built to preserve humanity concludes that humanity is its own greatest threat - who do you call?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith Equal Discretion\u003c\/i\u003e - a thriller of rare intelligence, set at the frozen edge of the world and the outer limit of human control.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip W. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258056870\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\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.87d","brand":"Phillip W. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173079097599,"sku":"9798258056870","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/with-equal-discretion-phillip-w-smith-9798258056870","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}