Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil Over the last decade

Over the last decade

Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call ("Gus" and "Call" for short) have much to learn about survival in a land fraught with perils: not only the blazing heat and raging tornadoes

are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle

PJ spends both his money and his time at the bar

Lambert's choices are similarly stark: he will either become king or die in battle

Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil Over the last decadeFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and the story collection Tenth of December, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction. Welcome to Inner Horner, a nation so small it can only accommodate one citizen at a time. The other six citizens must wait their turns in the Short Term Residency Zone of the surrounding country of Outer Horner. It's a long standing arrangement between the