From the author of the internationalbest seller "House of Leaves" and National B
ook Award-nominated "Only Revolutions" comes a monumental new novel as dazzling
as it is riveting. "The Familiar (Volume 1) "ranges from Mexico to Southeast Asi
a, from Venice, Italy, to Venice, California, with nine lives hanging in the bal
ance, each called upon to make a terrifying choice. They include a therapist-in-
training grappling with daughters as demanding as her patients; an ambitious Eas
t L.A. gang member contracted for violence; two scientists in Marfa, Texas, on t
he run from an organization powerful beyond imagining; plus a recovering addict
in Singapore summoned at midnight by a desperate billionaire; and a programmer n
ear Silicon Beach whose game engine might unleash consequences far exceeding the
entertainment he intends.
