{"product_id":"requisition-vol-1-anomalous-intent-hardcover","title":"Requisition Vol. 1 - Anomalous Intent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEight short stories. One universe. No safe vantage point.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRequisition Volume I: \u003ci\u003eAnomalous Intent\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of cyberpunk short fiction set inside the CHROMASPYKE™ universe, where survival is transactional, loyalty is temporary, and every system extracts a cost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom collapsing cities to deep-space operations far from oversight, these stories follow characters caught at critical moments. A pilot learns the job may be his last. A corporate asset discovers what obedience actually costs. An idealist becomes a mouthpiece, then a liability. A survivor adapts just enough to live with what they’ve done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome characters resist. Others comply. Most do something in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are no heroes here, only people navigating structures designed to convert, contain, and discard them. Each story stands alone, but together they reveal a universe where power does not announce itself, where systems persist by making participation feel inevitable, and where survival often means becoming something you didn’t intend to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRequisition Volume I: Anomalous Intent\u003c\/i\u003e offers a cross-section of cyberpunk at different scales and angles: street-level desperation, corporate ritual, political theater, psychological fracture. The technology changes. The pressure does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is dark science fiction about characters you’ll remember long after the last page, and the systems that leave marks on everyone who passes through them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection serves as a definitive entry point into Alexander Mharcei's CHROMASPYKE™ universe, seen through multiple lives shaped by the same dark future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluded Short Stories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurder Bug\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eIslands Within Islands\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eEsca Mizutara\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Thousand-Eyed Cat\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eThe Thought of Moor\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003ePickpockets\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eMurex Zerd\u003c\/i\u003e • \u003ci\u003eDead Switch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexander Mharcei","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":51602077909124,"sku":"ARK-CSCOL-PB-001-EN","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/6865\/2420\/files\/Requisition_Vol_1_Anomalous_Intent_-_Hardcover.jpg?v=1772919060","url":"https:\/\/arkhelian.myshopify.com\/products\/requisition-vol-1-anomalous-intent-hardcover","provider":"Arkhelian","version":"1.0","type":"link"}