Inward Falls

In his second fiction, Patrick Zelinski returns to the same eccentric and bewildering world from Departure Notice.
Instead of the dreary and cold town of Kirvost, we follow our protagonist to Inward Falls, the largest entertainment complex outside the Center. Whereas Kirvost is an unknown and unmarked place, Inward Falls is where almost everyone in the Center wishes to be, where dreams manifest and desires are fulfilled. However, admittance is limited to a wealthy and compliant minority, as well as the workers. Henry Abramowski is one of the latter, sent to Inward Falls to do a job, and mostly forbidden from the indulgences that the other visitors seek. As with Departure Notice, misdirection and confusion are centerstage. Rather than having their hand carefully held and guided through an easily deciphered landscape, readers should expect to barely maintain their grasp on the hem of a garment attached to a loose weather vane in a dust storm.