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A review by helgamharb
Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman
4.0
Strange and terrifying
Maybe it’s because people can’t see the end that they agree to begin.
It was sort of a gig. An opportunity to make some money and at the same time have the adventure of a lifetime.
The former soldiers of World War II and current band-mates wouldn’t be playing any music in the Namib Desert. In fact, they wouldn’t be making any noise. They will be listening for a particular sound. A sound they have never heard. A sound which makes people sick, which renders nuclear weapons useless.
A malevolent sound.
They would be searching for its source.
-“There are things worse than a new weapon…”
-“Like what?”
-“Like the kind of person that would build it.”
But when the group arrives at the site, they realize that the empty and vast desert has secrets of its own; that even the darkness has eyes; that there is more to the sound of wind in the desert; that they are going to encounter the nightmare of their lifetime.
You never know what you’ll find if you keep digging.
Maybe it’s because people can’t see the end that they agree to begin.
It was sort of a gig. An opportunity to make some money and at the same time have the adventure of a lifetime.
The former soldiers of World War II and current band-mates wouldn’t be playing any music in the Namib Desert. In fact, they wouldn’t be making any noise. They will be listening for a particular sound. A sound they have never heard. A sound which makes people sick, which renders nuclear weapons useless.
A malevolent sound.
They would be searching for its source.
-“There are things worse than a new weapon…”
-“Like what?”
-“Like the kind of person that would build it.”
But when the group arrives at the site, they realize that the empty and vast desert has secrets of its own; that even the darkness has eyes; that there is more to the sound of wind in the desert; that they are going to encounter the nightmare of their lifetime.
You never know what you’ll find if you keep digging.