World's Edge

James Sallis' World's Edge presents five masterful novellas exploring fractured societies, human resilience, and the fragile intersections of morality and survival. Sallis's prose, as sharp as it is evocative, captures the nuances of his dystopian and near-future settings, resonating with themes of dislocation and identity. Widely regarded as a pivotal voice in contemporary US fiction, Sallis' stories draw readers into a world both intimate and unyielding, where existential questions lurk beneath stark, elegant narratives.