![]() ![]() People supposedly afflicted with madness caused by a mineral ore known as the Strange ransack Anabelle Crisp’s family’s restaurant and assault 14-year-old Anabelle and her father, Samuel. When contact between Mars and Earth is abruptly cut off, panic sets in among the Martian settlers. ![]() It’s an exciting premise, but Ballingrud doesn’t do much with it despite the specificity of the alternate timeline, this shares an aesthetic with countless other generic space westerns. Ballingrud ( Wounds) explores how isolation can lead to desperation in this ambitious but not wholly successful speculative horror novel set in an alternate 1930s wherein humanity has already achieved multiple permanent settlements on Mars. ![]()
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