{"product_id":"no-neutral-ground-paperback","title":"No Neutral Ground - Paperback","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\u003eAllen C. Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo Neutral Ground is a short literary novel about the quiet moments where loyalty, ambition, and identity collide-and the cost of choosing to stand still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamal is moving forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt work, he's earning responsibility. In love, he's learning how presence matters more than promises. But where he comes from still calls him-through old friendships, familiar streets, and obligations that never asked permission to linger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Jamal tries to balance his future with the gravity of his past, he's forced to confront an uncomfortable truth: some relationships don't end with conflict-they end when one person stops carrying what was never theirs to begin with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet between unnamed neighborhoods known only as the Heights and the Hills, No Neutral Ground resists easy geography in favor of emotional terrain. The novel explores masculinity without bravado, community without nostalgia, and growth without triumph. There are no villains here-only people making choices under pressure, and the silence that follows those choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in spare, restrained prose, No Neutral Ground examines what it means to show up, to step back, and to accept that not every door closes loudly. Some simply stop opening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story for readers drawn to interior tension, moral ambiguity, and the spaces between words-where staying can be just as dangerous as leaving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289300381945,"sku":"9798295612640","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/tpmXDmciOv9798295612640.webp?v=1776262960","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/no-neutral-ground-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}