It’s all the news channels can talk about: the White House has been bombed, there's chaos in the streets, and the United States has found itself in the throes of a violent revolution. Surrounded by panicked people, washed-up journalist Len Savitz takes the crisis in stride. It’s nothing that a stiff drink won’t cure. After all, bad news only hurts optimists. But when the mysterious leader of the rebels cherry-picks him to acquire certain information for her, Len is forced to go on an investigative mission where he uncovers millennia-old secrets and unwittingly triggers a chain of disturbing events that will determine the future of humankind. Author Kevin Gaughen’s dynamic debut novel, Interest, creates a seamless alternate reality behind real-world political tensions while keeping pace with its page-turning plot. Interest is as riveting as it is thought-provoking. Who really runs the world we live in? The further Len digs, the darker the answers appear to be…

After a pandemic, an invasion, and several other calamities, North America has found itself in a decades-long state of chaos. North Korea has colonized everything west of the Rocky Mountains, and the rest of the continent has been torn apart by warlords with weapons of mass destruction. There is no safe place in these dangerous times. Journalist Len Savitz has become a controversial figure. Some revere him as a figurehead for a new way of thinking, others see him as a traitor who ushered in an era of anarchy. From an isolated island fortress, Len now protects his family and his followers from violent unrest, not to mention another threat that he believes hasn’t gone away—the Dranthyx. The sequel to Gaughen’s acclaimed debut, Interest, takes place thirty-five years later. Principal is both horrifying and inspiring, a vivid premonition of a future that is closer than we think.