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These Prisoning Hills is a post-apocalyptic Appalachian weird fiction novella by Hugo and Nebula Award nominee Christopher Rowe.

Haunting and heartfelt, violent and vibrant.Alix E. Harrow

Deallocate all implications,
Fortran harrows all the nations.

In a long-ago war, the all-powerful A.I. ruler of the Voluntary State of TennesseeAthena Parthenus, Queen of Reasoninvaded and decimated the American Southeast. Possessing the ability to infect and corrupt the surrounding environment with nanotechnology, she transformed flora, fauna, and the very ground itself into bio-mechanical weapons of war.

Marcia, a former captain from Kentucky, experienced first-hand the terrifying, mind-twisting capabilities of Athena's creatures. Now back in the Commonwealth, her retirement is cut short by the arrival of federal troops in her tiny, isolated town. One of Athena's most powerful weapons may still be buried nearby. And they need Marcia's hel

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 31 May 2022
      ISBN-13 9781250804488
      978-1250804488
      ISBN-10 1250804485

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      These Prisoning Hills is a post-apocalyptic Appalachian weird fiction novella by Hugo and Nebula Award nominee Christopher Rowe.

      Haunting and heartfelt, violent and vibrant.Alix E. Harrow

      Deallocate all implications,
      Fortran harrows all the nations.

      In a long-ago war, the all-powerful A.I. ruler of the Voluntary State of TennesseeAthena Parthenus, Queen of Reasoninvaded and decimated the American Southeast. Possessing the ability to infect and corrupt the surrounding environment with nanotechnology, she transformed flora, fauna, and the very ground itself into bio-mechanical weapons of war.

      Marcia, a former captain from Kentucky, experienced first-hand the terrifying, mind-twisting capabilities of Athena's creatures. Now back in the Commonwealth, her retirement is cut short by the arrival of federal troops in her tiny, isolated town. One of Athena's most powerful weapons may still be buried nearby. And they need Marcia's hel

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