c o nt e nt s

Introduction 1

1. A Lost Small Town 13

2. Opening Boxes from 2019 21
3. What Is a Miracle? 31
4. Principalities and Powers 36
5. Thinking Like a Tyrant 47
6. The Subtlety of Monsters 56
7. White Feathers 64
8. Rethinking the Second Amendment 73
9. The Next Thing 85
10. The Pfizer Documents 92
11. Facing the Beast 101
12. Thanksgiving Gathering 110
13. Twenty Will Not Come Again 120
14. How Lies Killed Books 130
15. Rock of Ages 137
16. Have the Ancient Gods Returned? 142
17. A Fall 155
18. Dear Conservatives, I Apologize 160
19. Red Sparkly Shoes 169
20. The Last Taboo 178
21. Not Dead Yet 195
22. Soup 201
Epilogue 208

Acknowledgments 213
Notes 215