Susan Maxwell Knihy

The narrative explores a series of surreal encounters, including a clash with an alien adversary and a transformative moment in a foggy park. It delves into existential themes through a character who collects the names of the deceased while confronting their mortality. Amidst this, rebel divinities answer the desperate pleas of a troubled world, while bureaucrats experience a disintegration of their grasp on reality, leading to unexpected and bizarre situations.

In a destabilized Quettopolis, Cuffe navigates survival while distributing her writings through the ancient Forest. As she reflects on her past as a corporate orator, danger looms with an archivist intent on stealing her work, a writer concealing stolen papers, and a murderer on the hunt. Amidst this chaos, the neglected Forest begins to reclaim its significance, intertwining the fates of those caught in its depths.