From the author of A Brief History of Vice and creator of the popular podcasts Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here comes this timely novel about the disturbingly possibilities that may await the U.S.'s destabilized democracy—a dystopian story taking cues from our all-too-real world. Set in the 2070s in the crumbling Republic of Texas, radical militias battle for control of territory, and the Christian ethnonationalist state of the Heavenly Kingdom threatens the Free City of Austin. Three protagonists must work together to stop the fascist threat: a fence and fixer, a defected Kingdom believer, and a genetically modified veteran with a brain designed to handle a ton of LSD. A fierce debut and a dire warning about America's dangerous path.