Jedediah Berry beheerst de kunst van magie, waarbij hij de complexiteit en bedachtzaamheid van Borges en Kafka verweeft met de spannende opwinding van een detective thriller. Zijn werk nodigt uit tot lachen, spanning, contemplatie en verwondering. Berry's schrijven zit vol humor en ontdekking. Zijn unieke stijl verkent de grenzen tussen realiteit en fantasie.
In an unnamed city always slick with rain, Charles Unwin is a humble file clerk working for a huge and imperious detective agency. When Travis Sivart goes missing, and his supervisor turns up murdered, Unwin is suddenly promoted to detective, a rank for which he lacks both the skills and the stomach. His only guidance comes from his new assistant.
In a world where meaning has vanished and nightmares roam freely, the rise of the committees—Maps, Ghosts, Dreams, and Names—offers a glimmer of hope. These groups establish borders to contain the chaos, capturing ghosts and battling monsters to reclaim their reality. As they confront the terrors of the nameless wilds, the struggle between the known and the unknown intensifies, highlighting themes of identity and the power of language in a fractured existence.