One Was Stubborn

Things are disappearing. Parts of buildings, parts of people, parts of the whole world—they’re here today, gone tomorrow. Old Shellback—a character as crazy-smart as Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future—thinks he needs glasses. But all he really has to do is open his eyes …and see the light.

Or so says George Smiley—otherwise known as the Messiah. George claims that the reason things are vanishi...