Jason Falloon returns with a brand-new collection of urban folktales set against the speculative backdrop of crisis in a near-future world facing the end of an era. In this latest feast of contemporary fables, allegories, and misadventures, reveal the mysteries, revelations, and fears that have become commonplace in an unpredictable 21st century.

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IMAGINE IF... raises the philosophical stakes on its predecessor. Taking place five years after the events of WHAT IF…, this sequel mirrors a warped reality, where human nature has devolved in the aftermath of an earth-shattering exposé, where artificial intelligence has become the bedrock of modern society, and where the prospect of nuclear war is not a “what if”—but an eventuality.

 

From an incompetent leader who can turn his bad decisions into golden ones simply by tapping his shoes to a social media influencer who battles his online doppelgänger for one million subscribers, this is a world in which commercial airlines become flying bunkers overnight, smuggling a stolen magic egg can buy you a longer jail term than Class A drugs, and driving lessons suck more than just your wallet dry.