Set in an archly comedic, alternate-reality Indianapolis that is completely overrun by Big Pharma, James Tadd Adcox's debut novel chronicles Robert and Viola's attempts to overcome loss through the miracles of modern pharmaceuticals. Their marriage crumbling after a series of miscarriages, Viola finds herself in an affair with the FBI agent who has recently appeared at her workplace, while her husband Robert becomes enmeshed in an elaborate conspiracy designed to look like a drug study. James Tadd Adcox's first bookThe Map of the System of Human Knowledgewas published in 2012 by Tiny Hardcore Press. His work has appeared inTriQuarterly, theLiterary Review,PANK,Barrelhouse, andAnother Chicago Magazine.