The Truth of Carcosa

By: Jacob Rollinson

Published by Union Square & Company, 2026-01-13

In 1984, the renowned author, Salvatore Archimboldi accepts the help of a psychotherapist to write his new book, hoping to transform traumatic memories into literary genius. But the resulting book, The Truth of Carcosa, is more than a book--and, horrified, Archimboldi suppresses his creation and wills all traces of it, his correspondence, and any copies to be totally destroyed. Long after Archimboldi's death, in a chaotic age of resurgent nationalism and violence, a biographer and his protégée search through Archimboldi's correspondence for clues to the location for the last copy of The Truth of Carcosa. Hot on their heels are a shadowy, all-powerful corporation, and a madman with his own, private reasons for his obsession. As these groups converge, it becomes clear that the last copy of The Truth of Carcosa might be the answer to a bewildering set of questions: What are the strange entities that arise in the wake of the book? Who--or what--is the Yellow King? And what does he want with us?