Phantom Limb

Last Days #2

by Brian Evenson

After destroying the headquarters of an underground amputation cult, a burned and battered Kline finds himself in a holding cell. When he enlists the help of an ex-cop to commute his prison sentence, Kline inadvertently tangles with a schism of the very cult he sought to destroy. Can Kline investigate the sect’s ritualistic murder spree without getting lured into their ranks?

Frigid and precise, Phantom Limb interrogates our notions of wholeness, fate, and the lengths we are willing to go to connect with a higher power.

Genres: Horror, Fiction

200 pages, Paperback

Expected publication October 13, 2026

About the author

Brian Evenson is an American academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction, some of the latter being published under B. K. Evenson.

Reviews

[Lori]

I literally just finished Last Days, which I friggen adored, and wasted no time diving straight into the sequel the second I swiped that final page.

Phantom Limb picks up some time after Last Days leaves off, with our guy Kline facing jail time... but not for what he did to The Pauls or The Brotherhood. He assumes he's incognito, beliving he’s finally crawled out of that amputee‑cult horrorshow free and clear, but learns pretty fast that the promises made to him are already being broken. Inside those prison walls, the zealots are still hunting him, still convinced he’s theirs.

It’s just as grody, just as violent, and maybe even a little weirder than its predecessor, which is saying something. And while it didn’t hit quite as hard for me as Last Days did (sequels rarely do), it’s still a damn solid follow‑up and an absolute blast of a return to one of the coolest protagonists out there. Missing limb, missing toes, missing patience — Kline remains an all‑time fave!

I had a helluva time hanging out with him again.

[Translator Monkey]

Pretty deliciously raw stuff here. Really excellent read for those interested in the genre. Readers with weaker stomachs will know from the blurb if they would be able to read this one without a bucket nearby, but frankly the creeping psychological horror was far more than the stuff related to a brotherhood of amputation aficionados.

Rounding up from 4.5 stars. Absolutely well-written and powerful.

[Kaija]

This is the level of horror I can handle. Enjoyable and fucking weird.

[Jonathan Herbrecht]

Une tout étrange chute dans les affres de la vie de Kline. Dialogues percutants, sensation de perdre pied habituel chez l'auteur, un bon cru pour ce nouveau Brian Evenson.

[Sophie Abromowitz]

five stars until it comes out. and then we get REAL.

[Kristian]

Decent pulpy fun, but don’t expect it to blow your mind.