At the very heart, though, is a twelve-year-old girl named Xanther who one rainy day in May sets out with her father to get a dog, only to end up trying to save a creature as fragile as it is dangerous. gang member contracted for violence two scientists in Marfa, Texas, on the run from an organization powerful beyond imagining plus a recovering addict in Singapore summoned at midnight by a desperate billionaire and a programmer near Silicon Beach whose game engine might unleash consequences far exceeding the entertainment he intends. They include a therapist-in-training grappling with daughters as demanding as her patients an ambitious East L.A. The Familiar (Volume 1) ranges from Mexico to Southeast Asia, from Venice, Italy, to Venice, California, with nine lives hanging in the balance, each called upon to make a terrifying choice.

From the author of the international best seller House of Leaves and National Book Award-nominated Only Revolutions comes a monumental new novel as dazzling as it is riveting.

Book Synopsis NATIONAL BEST SELLER The Familiar Volume 1 Wherein the cat is found. gang member hired for violence, two scientists on the run in Marfa, Texas, a recovering addict in Singapore summoned by a powerful but desperate billionaire, a programmer near Silicon Beach whose game engine just might augur far more than he suspects, and at the very heart a 12-year-old girl who one rainy day in May sets out from Echo Park to get a dog only to find something else. About the Book Ranges from Southeast Asia to Mexico to Venice, Italy, and Venice, California, with characters as diverse as a therapist-in-training whose daughters prove far more complex than her patients, an ambitious East-L.A.

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