Transient

When Governor Lampley makes an unplanned stopover in a small, dying town, he finds himself checking into a mysterious hotel where reality and illusion intertwine. As he descends through the hotel's subterranean floors, he encounters pianos that play themselves, mythical creatures, and shifting passages that lead him on a disorienting, Kafkaesque journey deep into his own psyche. What will he find in the haunted depths?Ward Moore's 1960 novel explores perception, identity, and the elusive nature of truth and meaning in a tense, dreamlike allegory.