{"product_id":"9798235489059","title":"Pleasant Acres Mystery: A Mot Mystery Book 1 New Arrivals","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a divided America of the near future, safety comes with surveillance-and kindness comes with conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMot arrives through a mysterious portal outside Pleasant Acres, a pristine gated community protected by the powerful Central Union. With no clear memory of where he came from, Mot is registered, assigned simple community tasks, and quietly welcomed into a world of perfect lawns, orderly routines, and watchful systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Mot notices what others overlook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResident records repeat. Digital pathways shift on their own. A stranger named Irene Xu asks unusually precise questions while hiding a far greater identity: Madame Jie, leader of the time-spanning Celestial Ninjas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the Central Union investigates the disturbances, Mot follows the mystery to Saint Maribelle Orphanage, where Irene appears to be studying children who have been ignored by everyone else. One child in particular, Hailey Redmond, draws strange celestial patterns connected to forces beyond the Central Union's understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaught between an authoritarian system, a secretive ninja clan, and his own hidden nature as the Silent Judge, Mot must decide how far he should interfere in another person's destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause some people need protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOthers need freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd even a cosmic judge cannot choose everyone's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePleasant Acres Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book in the \u003cem\u003eMot Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e series, blending dystopian science fiction, cosmic fantasy, mystery, and moral suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxwell Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48455322009841,"sku":"9798235489059","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9798235489059_p0.jpg?v=1785845988","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9798235489059","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}