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“This haunting, surreal story about surviving at all costs…[is a] rich exploration of identity and memory.”
Washington Post
A computer program etched into the atmosphere has a story to tell—the story of two people, of a city lost to chaos, of survival and love. The program’s data, however, has been corrupted. As the novel’s characters struggle to survive the apocalypse, they are sustained and challenged by the demands of love in a shattered world both haunted and dangerous.
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As so many others have said, it's hard to believe that this is a debut novel. The literary form was fascinating in the book, and the audio version adapts it with loving care and eye-opening (or ear-opening) in the reading.
I like disjoint narratives, and enjoyed this book at this level. Although the book is a work of 'science fiction' in its widest sense, it won't appeal to readers looking for something scientifically plausible, or even to 'soft science fiction' lovers, since it doesn't really discuss future society. It's more a drama built on science fiction trappings, and I found that it worked reasonably well. I didn't like the narration that much at the start, thought it was a little dry and clipped, but it grew on me, and the more characters the narrator included, the better I thought about the narration. At one point it sounded like some of the 'computer' effect was left on for normal narration, which was a minor bother for that part. All in all, I enjoyed both the story and the narration. The plausibility did bother me a bit, but in general I found the narrative structure and drama well done.
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