{"product_id":"the-queens-silence-paperback-signed","title":"The Queen's Silence","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"354\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(45, 141, 249);\"\u003eSigned Editions are premium items and are not stocked as regular inventory. Availability depends on signed stock from the author, so these editions are not backordered. If an item is out of stock, use the Notify Me option to receive restock updates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"546\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(45, 141, 249);\"\u003eWe strictly limit 1 signed copy per household to help ensure fair access for readers. If you are purchasing an additional copy as a gift, contact us for approval before ordering. Orders that exceed this limit may be adjusted or canceled.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Queen's Silence \u003c\/i\u003eis a novella set in the dark sci-fi and cyberpunk ChromaSpyke universe by Alexander Mharcei.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter the orbital bombardments of the Astral Twilight, Asma Vohle flees civilization and disappears into the Canadian wilderness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was an engineer at a climate control facility designed to cool the atmosphere. Now she sleeps in tents, burns what little fuel she has left, and listens to the silence close in. The cold is relentless. The isolation worse. And the system she ran from is the only place warm enough to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsma is not alone. Or at least, she believes she is not. Silvi follows her through the woods, a familiar presence at a careful distance. The farther Asma walks, the harder it becomes to tell what she can trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe facility still stands. Occupied by Reis, a zero-mod squatter who rejects augmentation, worships human purity, and believes technology is humanity’s original sin. He has turned the station into a trap. Augmented visitors vanish. Corpse units never return. What remains is stripped down, sold off, and fed back into a quiet, violent economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsma cannot survive the wilderness. She cannot exist outside the system. And Reis cannot allow her to return to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Queen’s Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is a cold, psychologically disorienting cyberpunk story about forced reintegration, belief as a weapon, and the cost of choosing warmth over autonomy. There are no clean escapes here. Only the decision to submit, or freeze.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexander Mharcei","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51604417446020,"sku":"ARK-CSGEN-SP-003","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/6865\/2420\/files\/The_Queen_s_Silence_-_Paperback_SIGNED.jpg?v=1773042842","url":"https:\/\/arkhelian.myshopify.com\/products\/the-queens-silence-paperback-signed","provider":"Arkhelian","version":"1.0","type":"link"}