{"product_id":"9798237996562","title":"The Great Collapse","description":"\u003cp\u003e# THE GREAT COLLAPSE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e### Book Four of *The Perfect World*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e### When Mercy Becomes Complicity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Perfect World was built to end violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, it worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the small crimes began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA person steals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA parent hides a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA friend conceals the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone whispers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**\"It wasn't serious.\"**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**\"Nobody was hurt.\"**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd finally: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**\"You can't kill someone over that.\"**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as compassion slowly becomes something more dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople stop reporting crimes. Families protect their own. Friends choose loyalty over law. A generation that never experienced the old America begins questioning the principles that created the new one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe older generation sees the warning signs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe younger generation sees an outdated fear of a world that no longer exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, America is forced to confront an uncomfortable possibility: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Can mercy become another form of violence?**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Perfect World is not collapsing because people have stopped believing in peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is cracking because people have started believing that the rules should apply to everyone except the people they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**THE GREAT COLLAPSE** is a story of family, loyalty, justice, forgiveness, responsibility, and the fragile boundary between compassion and complicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe greatest threat to paradise may not come from those who want to destroy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt may come from those who love it enough to make exceptions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"T Christophe Manwadu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48802201927921,"sku":"9798237996562","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9798237996562_p0.jpg?v=1789920978","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9798237996562","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}