In the vein of The Book of M comes a fast-paced,
character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love,
and loss in a post-truth society.
In the aftermath of a deadly outbreak--reminiscent of the 1962 event of
mass hysteria that was the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic--a city at the
tip of Africa is losing its mind, with residents experiencing
hallucinations and paranoia. Is it simply another episode of mass
hysteria, or something more sinister? In a quarantined city in which the
inexplicable has already occurred, rumors, superstitions, and conspiracy
theories abound.
During these strange days, Faith works as a fulltime corpse collector
and a freelance "truthologist," putting together disparate pieces of
information to solve problems. But after Faith agrees to help an
orphaned girl find her abducted baby brother, she begins to wonder
whether the boy is even real. Meanwhile, a young man named Sans who
trades in illicit goods is so distracted by a glimpse of his dream woman
that he lets a bag of money he owes his gang partners go missing-leaving
him desperately searching for both and soon questioning his own sanity.
Over the course of a single week, the paths of Faith, Sans, and a cast
of other hustlers--including a data dealer, a drug addict, a sin eater,
and a hyena man--will cross and intertwine as they move about the city,
looking for lost souls, uncertain absolution, and answers that may not
exist.
