A thrilling portrait of political terror and the violent pleasures
found in warehouses, bathrooms, and dungeons across New York City, X
is a novel that delves into the psyches of characters on the margins
The world is ending,
and down-and-out sadist Lee spends their days working for a big
corporation and their nights wandering the streets of Brooklyn
listening to true crime podcasts. But everything changes when Lee is
dragged to a warehouse party by their best friend, where they find
themself in the clutches of the seductive and bloodthirsty X. When
Lee seeks her out again, she’s nowhere to be found.
Amid the steady
constriction of civil rights and the purging of migrants and
refugees, the U.S. government has recently begun encouraging the
semi-voluntary “exporting” of undesirable citizens—the
radicalized, the dissident, and the ungovernable. Word has it that X
may be among those leaving. If Lee doesn’t track her down soon, she
may be gone forever.
