"Cody Goodfellow knows how to chill your blood. . ." -- STEPHEN KING , author of It and The Dark Half
thisisunamerica
NEVER WORK, NEVER DIE
Buried half a mile beneath the desert sands of the US-Mexico border, exists a secret city that holds the promise of everything that draws refugees and immigrants to America--liberty, luxury and excess. . .
In this Terminal Autonomous Zone, two prophets will rise--one, a reckless seeker who believes the psychedelic mushrooms he's discovered will spur a revolution in human consciousness; the other, a fire-and-brimstone preacher endowed by strange angels with a power that heals the sick and raises the dead--and as rival factions emerge around them, a march toward war begins . . .
" Unamerica is madness. Timely, familiar, brilliant--but most of all, terrifying--madness." -- ROB HART , author of The Warehouse
"Goodfellow satirizes the excesses of capitalism, religion, and drug culture in this macabre dystopian fantasy... a wild, trippy journey through a horrifying nightmare version of America." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"A gripping novel that lives up to the hype." -- THIS IS HORROR
Review
Goodfellow ( Sleazeland) satirizes the excesses of capitalism, religion, and drug culture in this macabre dystopian fantasy. While attempting to bicycle across the U.S.-Mexico border with a cache of psychedelic mushrooms, a man calling himself Nolan Hatch is arrested and transported to a strange, lawless city deep underground where he narrowly escapes summary execution. In this nightmarish dystopia, known as Unamerica, ruthless mobs jockey for control and everything is free, but government and corporations use the trapped inhabitants drawn from society's margins as test subjects for new weapons, drugs, diseases, and commercial products. Hatch soon realizes his smuggled mushrooms, which literally reveal God, hold promise for easing the settlement's perpetual suffering. He uses his powerful persuasion skills to convince drug kingpins to begin fabrication and distribution of the hallucinogen. Meanwhile, Orrin Litchfield, a fanatical Christian and former abortionist, miraculously heals the leader of the Aryan Nation Brotherhood with the help of angels. Surprised by his new power, Litchfield becomes increasingly violent in his call for repentance as he gathers an army to launch a revolution and cleanse Unamerica. The clash between drugs and religion, both promising Unamerica's salvation, builds toward a messy, shocking conclusion. Ham-fisted allegories and clunky elements sit uneasily alongside incisive observations and brutal violence. This is a wild, trippy journey through a horrifying nightmare version of America.(June)- Publishers Weekly
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"Cody Goodfellow knows how to chill your blood. . ." -- STEPHEN KING , author of It and The Dark Half
thisisunamerica
NEVER WORK, NEVER DIE
Buried half a mile beneath the desert sands of the US-Mexico border, exists a secret city that holds the promise of everything that draws refugees and immigrants to America--liberty, luxury and excess. . .
In this Terminal Autonomous Zone, two prophets will rise--one, a reckless seeker who believes the psychedelic mushrooms he's discovered will spur a revolution in human consciousness; the other, a fire-and-brimstone preacher endowed by strange angels with a power that heals the sick and raises the dead--and as rival factions emerge around them, a march toward war begins . . .
" Unamerica is madness. Timely, familiar, brilliant--but most of all, terrifying--madness." -- ROB HART , author of The Warehouse
"Goodfellow satirizes the excesses of capitalism, religion, and drug culture in this macabre dystopian fantasy... a wild, trippy journey through a horrifying nightmare version of America." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"A gripping novel that lives up to the hype." -- THIS IS HORROR
Review
Goodfellow ( Sleazeland) satirizes the excesses of capitalism, religion, and drug culture in this macabre dystopian fantasy. While attempting to bicycle across the U.S.-Mexico border with a cache of psychedelic mushrooms, a man calling himself Nolan Hatch is arrested and transported to a strange, lawless city deep underground where he narrowly escapes summary execution. In this nightmarish dystopia, known as Unamerica, ruthless mobs jockey for control and everything is free, but government and corporations use the trapped inhabitants drawn from society's margins as test subjects for new weapons, drugs, diseases, and commercial products. Hatch soon realizes his smuggled mushrooms, which literally reveal God, hold promise for easing the settlement's perpetual suffering. He uses his powerful persuasion skills to convince drug kingpins to begin fabrication and distribution of the hallucinogen. Meanwhile, Orrin Litchfield, a fanatical Christian and former abortionist, miraculously heals the leader of the Aryan Nation Brotherhood with the help of angels. Surprised by his new power, Litchfield becomes increasingly violent in his call for repentance as he gathers an army to launch a revolution and cleanse Unamerica. The clash between drugs and religion, both promising Unamerica's salvation, builds toward a messy, shocking conclusion. Ham-fisted allegories and clunky elements sit uneasily alongside incisive observations and brutal violence. This is a wild, trippy journey through a horrifying nightmare version of America. (June) - Publishers Weekly