Ciphergrid.net debuts as a destination for readers tracking power, transition, and urban intelligence
(YourDigitalWall Editorial):- Los Angeles, California May 19, 2026 (Issuewire.com) – Dex System, an imprint of AM I AM Publishing, announces the launch of The Grid, a new blog hosted at ciphergrid.net, alongside four new titles spanning political transition, urban systems, AI governance, and deep space narrative. Together, the blog and the books form a unified editorial statement: that the most consequential stories of this moment are unfolding faster than mainstream coverage can track them.
The Grid is designed as a living index of ideas that cut across the Dex System catalog — a place where readers can follow the intellectual threads connecting titles, engage with emerging topics, and find context for the work AM I AM Publishing is putting into the world. The blog launches in conjunction with a new wave of releases that collectively address the fault lines of 2026.
*Commander in the Chief House* by James Essex (Ignite, eBook $8.99 / Print $25.99) arrives at a moment when the architecture of executive authority is under visible pressure. Essex’s work examines the institutional machinery behind the public face of power, asking what holds when the center shifts. The eBook, ISBN 9798235193826, is available now at Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/x/x?ean=2940196566462
*Starman* by Chad Winthrop (AM I AM, eBook $3.99 / Print $16.99) offers a different register — a narrative reaching outward while the political world turns inward. Winthrop’s title joins the AM I AM catalog as a counterweight, a reminder that the scope of human ambition extends beyond any single election cycle or institutional crisis. ISBN 9798235493711, available at Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/starman/id6770746341
*The Hard Handover: An Owner’s Manual for the 2026 Transition* by Tomison Peters (Masterworks, eBook $8.99 / Print $19.99) is perhaps the most directly topical title in the wave. Peters approaches the transfer of institutional knowledge and political authority as a systems problem — methodical, unsentimental, and urgently practical. ISBN 9798235660878, available at Apple Books and Smashwords: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-hard-handover-an-owners-manual-for-the-2026-transition/id6771020880 | https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/2032809
*System Restore: Urban Re-Index* by Emit Jugal (Masterworks, eBook $8.99 / Print $19.99) rounds out the release with a title that maps directly onto the language of The Grid itself. Urban de-indexing — the systematic erasure of neighborhoods, populations, and infrastructure from official legibility — is one of the defining quiet crises of the current era. Jugal’s work names it, frames it, and demands that readers look at what is being removed from view. ISBN 9798224545728, available at Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/system-restore-urban-re-index/id6771019381
All four titles released between May 16 and May 17, 2026. The Grid blog is live now at ciphergrid.net. Additional coverage of the Dex System catalog and related AM I AM Publishing imprints is available via IssueWire: https://www.issuewire.com/dex-system-launches-new-catalog-blog-tackling-ai-governance-urban-de-indexing-and-complex-geopolitical-narratives-1865650316357535
**About Dex System**
Dex System is an imprint of AM I AM Publishing, focused on titles at the intersection of systems thinking, governance, geopolitics, and emergent technology. The imprint publishes under the AM I AM catalog distributed through Draft2Digital.
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