The Book Store
Books by T.J. Spracklin
I’m T.J.—a flooring installer who got obsessed with one question: what would the 48 Laws of Power look like if they played out in hotel corridors, casinos, and job trailers instead of boardrooms?
These books are the answer. Some of them follow Arby Riswell and his crew through a hidden network of corridors under cities—blue-collar magic, high-stakes jobs, and power moves stitched into every seam. Others are straight-up playbooks and field manuals for people who actually live on their knees with a knife, trowel, or stretcher in their hands.
If you’ve ever worked the trades—or just like the idea that the real game is happening under everyone’s feet—you’re in the right place. Scroll down, pick a book, and we’ll walk the corridor together.
Seams of Power – Main Series
Seams of Power – Book 1: Under Every Step
Arby Riswell is an aging master installer with a secret woven into his kneepads and carpet pad—a hidden network that changes how power moves under people’s feet. From dusty Cottonwood to Cannes and a buried tunnel in Kansas City, every job in this first book teaches a law of power and pulls Arby deeper into the corridors under the world.
Seams of Power – Book 2: Hidden Network
In Hidden Network, Arby, Charlee, and Dragon take on bigger contracts in sharper, more dangerous buildings—luxury towers, corporate corridors, and backroom hallways where every pattern choice shifts who holds power. As a hidden billionaire backer pushes the secret pad network wider, Arby has to decide whether he’s laying protection under people… or building a trap he can’t control
Seams of Power – Book 3: Anchored Ground
Anchored Ground drags the crew into jobs that pin the network to the foundations of cities—hospitals, transit hubs, and high-security sites where failure isn’t just ugly, it’s deadly. With the web underfoot tightening around them, Arby has to use every law of power he’s learned to keep his crew free while the world above keeps walking, unaware of what’s holding it up.
Seams of Power – Book 4: Installers Playbook
In Arby Riswell’s final twelve laws, the jobsite becomes a classroom where every mistake, power move, and quiet victory turns into a rule for surviving the trades. Half story and half field manual, Installers Playbook closes out the Seams of Power saga by translating Arby’s blue-collar magic into real-world laws any installer, contractor, or hustler can use.
The Last Seam Cycle
A separate but connected cycle that dives deeper into the carpet underworld, cruise ships, casinos, and the cost of perfection when the seam really is the last line holding everything together.
The Last Seam: Carpet Underworld
In Carpet Underworld, an older Arby Riswell takes what should be a career-crowning job in a historic Kansas City hotel—only to discover the final corridor may decide far more than his reputation. As watchers close in and the secret pad from Dubai wakes up under the pattern, perfection stops being about punch lists and starts being about whether the world keeps going.
Laying It Down Right: The Master’s Guide to Carpet Installation
Laying It Down Right is a straight-talking field manual from a working master installer who’s spent decades on his knees with a knife in his hand. This isn’t theory or manufacturer fluff—it’s what actually holds up on real jobs in hotels, offices, and homes when the doors open and people start walking.
Inside, you’ll find clear guidance on tools, layout, subfloor prep, seams, stretching, stairs, occupied spaces, problem jobs, and protecting your reputation when things get weird. Each chapter pairs practical advice with on-the-knees “job notes” from real projects, plus checklists you can actually use in the field to keep your standards tight and consistent.
Whether you’re a helper just starting out, a lead installer tightening up your game, or an owner who wants fewer callbacks and cleaner jobs, Laying It Down Right is built to help you do better work and build a name that sticks.