robert edward berge

Have you ever been lost?

There is a place where lost things go, and people go there, too.

Thirty-four years old, directionless, and living with his uncle, Obadiah “Obie” Emerson is lost. Faced with a mountain of student debt, a job market that boggles the mind, and an onslaught of inane reality shows, Obadiah discovers that his smile has gone missing. It’s then that he’s kidnapped and taken on board a Lost Train of Thought to Perduo, the bizarre world where lost things go.

Once there, he decides to track down his smile so he can at least enjoy being there. He soon discovers, however, that a smile is not such an easy thing to find. If he’s to stand any chance at all, he’ll have to contend with an insidious corporation that’s taken over Perduo, and which threatens to disrupt the delicate balance between what gets lost and who gets found.

PERDUO is an unorthodox, darkly charming, and humorous odyssey about what makes us lost, and what can help us get found. It is a must read for anyone who has ever had any trouble “fitting in” or comprehending life on early twenty-first century Planet Earth.