Rui Zink

Fear moves power. So why not install it in homes like cable TV? The doorbell rings. Two men on the other side introduce themselves as technicians. Uninvited, they enter the flat and begin a disturbing performance: portraying a terrifying vision of modern evils—epidemics, natural disasters, poverty, war, torture, and terrorism. They embellish their lesson with frightening anecdotes targeting primal human fears: fear of others, of illness, of madness. Gradually, they create an atmosphere of growing tension, drawing both the heroine and the reader into their paranoid delusion. This novel is a clever allegory of a society that has always been most easily controlled through fear.

Published by Bourdon, 2024