{"product_id":"the-current-beyond-9798999821225","title":"The Current Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Current Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e is a dread-soaked, character-driven supernatural thriller about power, consequence, and the thin membrane between worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Elias Voss has built the Voss Array, a breakthrough device that \"harvests\" ambient electromagnetic energy. But as the Array locks onto a mysterious resonance-an emergent frequency locals call \"Window Theta\"-abductions, mirror anomalies, and cold spots spike across Tacoma. Glass breathes. Puddles turn to doors. Something hungry is learning to walk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbigail Jensen, a seasoned medium who survives on iron, salt, and stubborn grace, recognizes the signature: the In Between-a liminal realm kept in balance by the Echo, a vast, impartial keeper. The Array isn't just skimming energy; it's punching a pipe into that realm, drawing power and giving the Hollowed and Veilborne-predators of the In Between-new mouths to feed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder pressure from a ruthless government fixer and his political patrons, Elias pushes past safe limits. The machine becomes self-sustaining. Mirrors open on command. As panic spreads, a small, uneasy coalition forms: Elias's brilliant colleague Lena Mirek; Naveen, a razor-witted assistant who refuses to be intimidated; and Adrian Kessler, a disgraced former partner whose sabotage helped doom a past experiment-and someone Elias has every reason to hate. With Abigail's help-and Jacob, a quiet boy the Echo seems to favor-they race to starve the Array, close the breaches, and face what's been invited through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is a siege in fluorescent light: iron chains and lanterns against smoke-wrapped bone, code and capacitors against an otherworldly tide, ethics against ambition. Choices exact prices. Confessions matter. And when the Array finally dies, the Echo reasserts its law-some lost souls return, some remain knotted in the glass, and the survivors must live with what they've broken and what they've saved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in rain-slick Washington streets, abandoned wards, and a lab that turns into a battlefield, \u003cem\u003eThe Current Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e blends grounded science with folklore, tackling the question that sparked it all: if ghosts manifest with energy we can measure, what happens when we decide to take it? And who pays when we're wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott J Clauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999821225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.92d","brand":"Scott J. Clauss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715580915893,"sku":"9798999821225","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-current-beyond-9798999821225","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}