Immobility

Youopen your eyes for what you know is not the first time and you remembernothing. You find out that a catastrophic event known as the Kollaps hasdestroyed life as we know it. Someone claiming to be your friend tells you thatyou're needed. Something crucial has been stolen-but under no circumstances canyou know what or why. You've got to get it back or something bad is going tohappen. And you've got to get it back fast, so they can freeze you again beforeyour own time runs out. Paralyzed from the waist down, you're being carriedaround on the backs of two men who don't seem anything like you at all. Theyinject you regularly and tell you it's for your own good, to stop the disease,or else they must cut directly into your spine. Welcome to the life of JosefHorkai.Criticallyacclaimed author and winner of the O. Henry Prize, Brian Evenson turns hisliterary eye to a post-apocalyptic earth in this dazzling science fictionnovel.