{"product_id":"shattered-masks-hardcover-1","title":"Shattered Masks - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Hasty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdam Benson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Crescent City, every hero wears a mask. Some wear it to protect the innocent. Others wear it to hide the truth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Evan Drake was never meant to become a symbol. He was just a teenager trying to survive school, family pressure, and the ordinary fractures of growing up-until one violent night changed everything. After saving his sister from danger, Evan is discovered by Vanguard, the city's celebrated protector, and trained to become Shadow: a masked vigilante moving through the darkness to fight the criminal Syndicate tightening its grip on Crescent City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut heroism is not as clean as Evan once believed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a mission goes horribly wrong and a police officer is killed, Evan is left carrying a guilt he cannot escape. The city's underworld grows more dangerous, a mysterious figure known as the Architect pulls strings from the shadows, and Lucky-a Syndicate insider who may be enemy, victim, or reluctant ally-keeps leading Evan deeper into a truth no one wants uncovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Detective Michael Crews closes in, Evan's family begins to fracture under the weight of his secrets. His sister Mia, Lily Grayson, Rachel, and everyone he loves become tied to a war they never chose. And the more Evan searches for the Architect, the more terrifying the answer becomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBecause sometimes the greatest villain is not the one hiding in the dark.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSometimes he is the hero who taught you how to fight.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShattered Masks\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping young adult superhero thriller about betrayal, guilt, identity, corruption, and the painful cost of becoming a hero in a city built on lies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48444972007645,"sku":"9798256113896","price":40.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/jP8IBgTq8o9798256113896_398b5e20-e0c9-4d6a-87d9-c0c6d87f009e.webp?v=1787760004","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/shattered-masks-hardcover-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}