A review by alexanderp
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 145 by Neil Clarke, Finbarr O’Reilly, Aliette de Bodard, Ian McDonald, Yilin Wang, Suzanne Palmer, Simone Heller, Anna Wu

4.0

This was a beautiful story. Heller paints a picture of survival, hope, and wonder. While a bit slow in starting and somewhat confusing in who/what we are following as a reader, this all peels away the deeper and deeper you go. We are pushed into knowing more about this bleak world Heller has created and the hope that is waiting to be found and fostered therein. Her prose is a pleasure to read, poetic even, in places that rend the heart.

"Just remember, beyond the darkness, worlds are waiting.”