Trapped underground, with only a mysterious handler named Em to guide her, Gyre has to climb, swim, and trudge her way out while battling fatigue, ghosts, her own mind, and Em’s attempts to warp or obfuscate the truth about the caves. Almost immediately, however, she realizes the job is much more dangerous and complicated than she was originally led to believe. Gyre is so desperate to get off-world she lies about her credentials and obtains a solo cavern expedition gig that promises an enormous payout. The sole protagonist in The Luminous Deadis Gyre Price, a young woman raised on a mining colony on a distant backwater planet. I think that’s a new speed record for (adult) me. I finished this book, all 411 pages of it, in just three days, because I couldn’t put it down. It’s cave horror! With a sci-fi twist! And two female characters, who (based on the back cover summary) are both hiding secrets and developing feelings for each other! Plus: that title! I was also intrigued by the concept of an entire novel with only two characters, and wanted to see how author Caitlin Starling would pull that off.Īs a lover of cave horror, nail-biting tension, strong female protagonists, and unlikely romances, I had high hopes, and they were not disappointed. I found this novel on the New Releases shelf at my local library, and I took one look at the cover and knew I had to read it.
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