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.