{"product_id":"undercurrent","title":"UNDERCURRENT","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs8130CDB{12pt;font-weight:bold;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;} .cs3270F94{margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .cs97DFFCB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Times New Roman;} .csBE25D54{margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt} .csDF76FDB{12pt;font-weight:normal;color:#181B21;font-style:normal;Segoe UI;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"csBE25D54\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs8130CDB\"\u003eThe city pulled him in. The lie pulled him under.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"csBE25D54\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eUndercurrent is a first-hand account of what happens when a police officer disappears into an undercover identity and stays there too long.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"csBE25D54\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eBrisbane, mid-1990s. Jason Somerville is a young Queensland police officer who never planned on joining the force, let alone working covert operations. After a routine buy-bust draws attention to his instincts on the street, he is selected for undercover work and gradually absorbed into a world built on deception, performance and constant threat. His assumed identity, Michael Bates, becomes more than a cover name. It becomes a survival tool.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"csBE25D54\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eUndercover policing is not cinematic. It is patient, tense and psychologically demanding. It means handling drugs instead of seizing them, laundering money to maintain credibility, and earning the trust of people you know you will eventually arrest. Every word is measured. Every interaction recorded. Act too much like a cop and you are exposed. Act too well as a criminal, and you risk becoming one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"csBE25D54\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eAs the operations escalate, so does the personal cost. Jason lives between safe houses and courtrooms. His marriage strains under secrecy. Trust erodes. The line between the man and the persona blurs until pretending no longer feels temporary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"csBE25D54\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eIn this world, the “white lie” is not harmless. It is currency. It keeps you breathing. But each compromise leaves a mark. The question is not whether to deceive, but how much of yourself you can surrender before something fundamental shifts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3270F94\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF76FDB\"\u003eWritten with blunt honesty and a distinctly Australian voice, Undercurrent captures the grit, danger and moral tension of sustained undercover work. It is a true story about identity under pressure and the slow erosion that comes from living too long in the grey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs97DFFCB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books N Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50167171743984,"sku":"9781923514928","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1855\/5830\/files\/9781923514928_1.jpg?v=1785469850","url":"https:\/\/booksngifts.com.au\/products\/undercurrent","provider":"Books N Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}