"This novel’s strength and readability lie in the way Penner shows humanity searching for explanations... [He] suggests that the deep and lasting anxiety at the heart of the ‘post-apocalypse’ is that we might not even comprehend the Apocalypse when it comes along." Strange Horizons Read the full review
“A marvelous accomplishment.” Kim Stanley Robinson
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