{"product_id":"book-28kw","title":"Subsumption","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrusting an alien is hard. Figuring out which alien to trust might be impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcus Adams was supposed to be a normal college student. Instead, he's one of the chosen few in an alien-run education track preparing humanity for war. The Federation calls him special - an ideal candidate to help Earth survive the coming conflict with the rival Confederation. Now they've selected him for their most secretive program yet: a classified research Cohort that will determine how humanity is \"integrated\" into the galaxy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe experiments plunge Marcus into simulated realities so convincing they blur the line between engineered experience and lived memory. Each trial pushes him further - physically, mentally, emotionally. Every choice he makes becomes data. And the Federation insists that data is the only thing standing between Earth and enslavement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcus wants to believe them. His best friend Jordan doesn't. As the simulations intensify, Marcus's personal life begins to fracture - his brother, his family's expectations, the future he thought he controlled slipping through his fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe deeper he goes, the harder it becomes to tell where research ends and manipulation begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the invasion clock ticking down and the truth buried inside the very trials reshaping his mind, Marcus must answer the question no one else can:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs he humanity's greatest hope - or the Confederation's most valuable asset?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the power to choose may be the only weapon Earth has left. And everyone wants control of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recursive, metaphysical technothriller for readers who love the psychological intensity of Ender's Game and the cosmic scale of The Three-Body Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67381460861232,"sku":"BD28kw","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-28kw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}