{"product_id":"socks-9798245073583","title":"Socks","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jon-Michael Billingslea\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Non-Classifiable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFolded correctly. Paired properly. Returned to the drawer where he belongs.\u003cbr\u003eIn Eli's world, routines are sacred, doctrine is lived rather than spoken, and stability is maintained through repetition and care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat order breaks in a laundromat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring what should be a routine cycle, Eli is separated from his mate and lost-pulled out of the drawer, out of the home, and into the dangerous, unmapped spaces beneath human notice. The laundromat does not return what it takes. And once outside the system that defined him, Eli must navigate houses that still function-but imperfectly-places strained by neglect, distraction, and belief stretched just past its breaking point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, he meets Ash, a restless sock who understands movement, shortcuts, and the quiet violence hidden inside certainty. Together, they attempt to restore balance in places that feel \u003ci\u003ealmost\u003c\/i\u003e right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut correction is not the same as care. And rituals meant to preserve order can become instruments of destruction when followed without question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending absurdist world-building with philosophical tension, \u003cb\u003eSocks\u003c\/b\u003e is a darkly imaginative literary fable about belief systems, responsibility, and the cost of mistaking order for goodness-set entirely beneath human notice, where even ordinary appliances can become altars, and mistakes do not stay small.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47571512098967,"sku":"9798245073583","price":1563.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798245073583.webp?v=1774887441","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/socks-9798245073583","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}