The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship–like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armour–April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world–everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires–and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre… Read more.
Trigger & Content Warnings
- Bimisia
- Graphic physical injury
- Hospitalisation
- Attempted murder by gun violence and stabbing
- Terrorist attack (explosion)
- Building collapse from a fire, on-page
- Loss of autonomy (mind control)
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