{"product_id":"karma-ledger-a-novel-from-the-kalachakra-ip-paperback","title":"Karma Ledger: A Novel from the Kalachakra IP - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBj Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJayne Elizabeth Bodmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the megacity of Nexus-Hub, an AI called Karma Ledger quietly decides who lives and who dies. Taro Matsunaga is offered a job that could change that-or end him.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaro scrapes by in the shadows of Nexus-Hub: clearing malware, cracking systems, and ROM-flashing the dead to deliver benefit payouts. It's enough to survive, but never enough to get ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA distinguished data broker, codenamed Dandelion, offers him a way to get ahead-one impossible job, one enormous payout, and a shot at the megacorporation that has turned medical aid into a luxury only the wealthy and powerful can acquire. The broker turns out to be Allison Banks, and she is everything Taro isn't: respected, precise, and dialed into to the infrastructure that drives Nexus-Hub's decision-makers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe deeper Taro goes, the more Allison and her job begins to refactor his code. Protocols bend. Loyalties blur. And the system he was hired to crack starts cracking back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause you can't infiltrate a system without it infiltrating you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarma Ledger is a philosophical, Buddhist-inflected cyberpunk thriller-corporate dystopia, transhumanism, and a slow burn between two people who manipulate systems for a living and are learning, maybe too late, how to reach each other without manipulating each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who love: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNear-future technological dystopias where humanity is challenged\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuturist body augmentation, surveillance state threats, and corporate espionage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFound-family loyalty, philosophical science fiction, and persistent optimism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight slow burn romance built into a story that can stand on its own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50988781469835,"sku":"9798951210005","price":36.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/4GmhTdu3779798951210005.webp?v=1793335975","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/karma-ledger-a-novel-from-the-kalachakra-ip-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}