Patternmaster

PatternmasterAn all powerful ruler's son vies for control over the human race in this brilliant conclusion to the Patternist saga, from the critically acclaimed author of Parable of the Sower. In the far future, the human race is divided into two groups striving for power. The Patternmaster rules over all, the leader of the telepathic Patternist race whose thoughts can destroy or heal at his whim. The only threat to his power are the Clayarks, mutant humans

from the author of Best of Friends

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - BOOKER PRIZE NOMINEE - "A taut and darkly funny contemporary noir that moves at lightning speed

An NYRB Classics Original

-the bizarre

she discovers that "best" might not mean what she thought it meant

In the still-segregated town of West Mills

timely insight

" --Xochitl Gonzalez

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Barack Obama

"An immersive horror fairy tale marrying Crimson Peak to Pan's Labyrinth upon strange foundations