Tender Branson is the last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult. Alone on Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet, he speaks into the black box, dictating the story of his life before the plane crashes into the Australian outback.
What unravels is a savage tale of transformation. From obedient child and unnoticed domestic servant, Tender becomes a media-made prophet. Steroids, collagen, and spin doctors turn him into a messiah for a fame-hungry culture desperate for salvation. His rise is as absurd as it is terrifying, and his fall feels inevitable.
Chuck Palahniuk’s Survivor is a brilliantly satirical, darkly funny, and unsettling novel about cults, celebrity, and the machinery of belief. Sometimes survival means becoming the very thing you fear.
