Isonomia

About the Book

A roughneck hunted by a Sasquatch on an oil rig in the arctic. A union laborer being systematically dismembered by a regulatory board. A giant cowboy in a never-ending line. In Isonomia, author Ryan McGillivray creates a dark, chaotic and divided future. This collection of five short stories brilliantly illustrated by Grahaeme Cowie follows the violent misadventures of McGillivray’s hauntingly isolated protagonists. Isonomia takes our most cherished contemporary philosophical beliefs— pragmatism, relativism and collectivism – and explores their savage underbellies and inherently unavoidable outcomes.

Isonomia is a collection of themes in which chaos, servitude, the irrational, and arbitrary absolutes are the norm for the terrified protagonists. McGillivray presents modern man at the end of his existential rope—unable to discern or act heroically in the face of his chosen demise. Isonomia is about sharp contrasts, terror and the sublime, blacks and whites, violence and pacifism, strength and weakness.

About the Author

Isonomia is author CF McGillivray's first published novel. He is a 31 year old writer and works in the oil and gas industry. He resides with his wife and their two dogs in Northern Alberta. His influences include Celine, Bukowski, Dostoyevsky, Kerouac, Lem and Rand.