pick14-year-old Anabelle Crisp lives on Mars with her father & together they run the diner in New Galveston. They lost contact with Anabelle's mother after she returned to Earth to visit a sick relative. The colonists have not heard from Earth since then, no further ships have arrived, & supplies are starting to dwindle. When they are robbed at gunpoint one evening, that incident sets off a chain of events which no-one could foresee. (continued)
pick🎧 It‘s Mars, 1931. Annabelle‘s 13, her mom has left to care for her mom on Earth, then all communication with Earth ends. The Silence begins.
Annabelle tells the story. She works in her dad‘s diner. FUN robot sidekick!
We came to Mars to mine The Strange, it changes us.
Annabelle loses everything. The story becomes Tru Grit on Mars. Vengeance.
A western mixed with an old school alternate history sci-fi with some horror. Good audio.
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pickSuch an interesting mash-up! This book is combination of an alternate history, sci-fi, western, with a bit of horror tossed in.
The story is set in 1931 on a Mars colony where 13 year old Annabelle works at a diner with her father. A nearby mining town harvests The Strange, which makes people turn odd with exposure.
Annabelle was a great character and I loved her robot sidekick. Some aspects needed clarification, but overall I enjoyed it.
Bk6 of my recent #BookHaul is another SciFi novel. Though it seems to be a cross with a western too! Annabelle is 14 when all communications between Earth & her new home world of Mars is cut. After being robbed at gun point closing up their diner, her father is devastated when their only recording of her mothers voice is taken. So Annie & her loyal robot travel through mining towns overtaken by a mineral called The Strange to take it back.
pickI really enjoyed this action-packed, desert-set SF novel! Haunted medic Ten Low lives her life by the tally - trying to save more lives than she takes. Low witnesses a crash and rescues a single survivor - a child who is also a genetically engineered super soldier who the government wants dead. Did I mention it‘s action-packed?
I‘m reading this sci fi page turner alongside a WWII historical drama. In the last 30 pages both have used the phrase #ersatzcoffee This pleases me.
I ❤ Amazon preordering! I love this story world and am so glad that it lives on in graphic novel form. #comics #graphicnovel #serenity #firefly #captaintightpants #josswhedon #spacewestern #futuristic
It's an odd juxtaposition but it mainly works. The issue for me was the MC who basically acts like a smart-mouth brat 1y
Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5457327658
Read 6th-8th Nov 2023
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