{"product_id":"the-second-serpent-9781764429306","title":"The Second Serpent","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tony Carlisle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Tony Carlisle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Tony Carlisle\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Dystopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Harper Vale wakes in a corridor she never entered, she discovers a world humming beneath her own-an impossible machinery of light, memory, and intention. The walls breathe. The shadows listen. And something vast has begun to stir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuided by the Watcher, a being of fractured gold, Harper learns that the universe she knows is only a rendered layer of a greater system-one built by the Architect, enforced by the Observer, and haunted by what they failed to erase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the First Serpent, a creature born before definition and before reality was forced into shape, remembers her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot the Harper she is now.\u003cbr\u003eThe one she was \u003ci\u003ebefore the world chose a form for her.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the machinery tries to correct her existence and collapse her into something it can understand, Harper becomes the impossible contradiction the system was never designed to hold. And every step she takes pulls her closer to a truth powerful enough to fracture the foundations of creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo survive, Harper must confront the Serpent's awakening-\u003cbr\u003eand decide whether she is meant to save this world...\u003cbr\u003eor end it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting, mind-bending descent into identity, fate, and the terrifying beauty of a reality built on observation. Perfect for fans of annihilation-style cosmic horror and metaphysical thrillers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tony Carlisle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46861710950551,"sku":"9781764429306","price":1846.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781764429306.webp?v=1769963179","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-second-serpent-9781764429306","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}