From UFOs to the brand new World Order, the inside tale of how conspiracy theories won over America.

In November 2017, a serial climate change denier and anti-vaxxer was elected President of the United States. The rise of Donald Trump designated the start of a fresh American epoch: age the conspiracy theorist. Now, Anna Merlan goes undercover in America’s sprawling network of conspiracy theorists. She matches the UFOlogist who statements to have travelled to Mars with Barack Obama. She chats with about Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Amazing Rise to Power the ‘pizzagate’ truthers who believe Washington D.C.’s favourite pizzeria is work by a satanic paedophile ring. And she bumps into Alex Jones, the YouTuber who feels the state is normally using chemical substance warfare to carefully turn the population homosexual. Merlan reveals a world of propaganda lying just beneath the surface of US tradition. It might just help describe the political turmoil of our time.

‘Through exhaustive research, personal interviews, and a crucial yet at times appropriately empathetic approach, Anna Merlan has written a captivating book that illuminates the landscaping of conspiracy theories.’ NEW YORK MAGAZINE

‘An entertaining taxonomy of toxic suggestions’ HERALD

‘A rock-steady narrator using a prepared command of background, nerves of steel, and incisive social insights . We need a thousand of her, or a million.’ THE COUNTRY