-Mr. King looks at all our upcoming problems, and imagines a local reaction to each one. The result is often funny, usually sardonic, and always imaginative, what with all the mole rats, flesh drones, dimeheads, and especially -The Grifter-s Guide to the Territories FKA USA,- a notable addition to the line of imaginary authorities.-
-The Wall Street Journal
Indie Next Pick for July
Best of June: io9, AV Club, Amazing Stories, The Verge
Reed King-s amazingly audacious novel is something of a cross between L. Frank Baum-s The Wizard of Oz, Douglas Adams-s A Hitchhiker-s Guide to the Galaxy, Cormac McCarthy-s The Road, and Ernest Cline-s Ready Player One.
In Reed King-s wildly imaginative and possibly prescient debut, the United States has dissolved in the wake of environmental disasters and the catastrophic policies of its final president.
It is 2085, and Truckee Wallace, a factory worker
