A caustic commentary on men and their madness
This mashup of crime fiction, dystopia and science fiction is a black-humored stroll through the pre- and post-apocalypse in Center, North Dakota. Police Chief Charlie Champaign’s son Sink, a brain-addled victim of the Idaho flu, narrates this outrageous romp, a vision of the future that is both darkly fatalistic and searingly funny in a Jim Thompson meets Douglas Adams kind of way.
“…an easy affection for his characters and a sense of natural, unforced humor.”
—Booklist
“Sheppard’s characters pretend to not be funny, to not be emotional, to not need each other, when of course, they are, and they do. There’s a clarity to the chaos, the restraint, the vulnerability Sheppard creates, something so human and essential you can’t help but turn the page.”
—Entropy Magazine
"Sheppard is a hugely imaginative writer, deftly balancing humor, pathos and lyricism."
—Self-Publishing Review
On Kindle.
Paperback.
This mashup of crime fiction, dystopia and science fiction is a black-humored stroll through the pre- and post-apocalypse in Center, North Dakota. Police Chief Charlie Champaign’s son Sink, a brain-addled victim of the Idaho flu, narrates this outrageous romp, a vision of the future that is both darkly fatalistic and searingly funny in a Jim Thompson meets Douglas Adams kind of way.
“…an easy affection for his characters and a sense of natural, unforced humor.”
—Booklist
“Sheppard’s characters pretend to not be funny, to not be emotional, to not need each other, when of course, they are, and they do. There’s a clarity to the chaos, the restraint, the vulnerability Sheppard creates, something so human and essential you can’t help but turn the page.”
—Entropy Magazine
"Sheppard is a hugely imaginative writer, deftly balancing humor, pathos and lyricism."
—Self-Publishing Review
On Kindle.
Paperback.
