{"product_id":"2026100012406-secondhand-the-ballot","title":"The Ballot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen democracy itself becomes the weapon, who can you trust with your vote? The Ballot by Rowland Summerscales plunges readers into a taut, claustrophobic world of political intrigue, where the machinery of an election conceals a conspiracy with devastating consequences. Set against the charged backdrop of contemporary British politics, the novel chronicles the efforts of a tenacious protagonist to uncover a web of manipulation that reaches to the very heart of power, threatening to corrupt the one institution citizens hold sacred.\n\nSummerscales constructs his narrative with the precision of a master strategist, deploying sharp, economical prose that keeps the tension coiled tight from the first page to the last. The novel argues, with unsettling conviction, that the greatest threats to a society often emerge not from outside its borders, but from within its own democratic institutions. A chilling meditation on power, betrayal, and the fragility of public trust, The Ballot leaves its reader with one lingering, uncomfortable question: what happens when the system designed to protect you becomes the instrument of your undoing?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51022657028315,"sku":"2026100012406-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9f444385-d5bf-4796-bb69-65ff10acb439.png?v=1793665440","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012406-secondhand-the-ballot","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}