Review: You cannot beat The Machine!  Can You?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2014
The setting is the draw in this short novella.  The Machine is a dreary collection of tunnels and sections within a mountain range that has housed a society of people for so long that everybody seems to have accepted their lot in life.  Everybody except Ballard, whose father briefly introduced him as a child to Marrow’s Pit and what may exist beyond The Machine.  This is a very character driven storyline, The Machine being one of the more intriguing characters.  And one I hope to read more about in the future.And the ending has me really wondering in what type of world this Machine exists.  Oh yeah, we must read more about The Machine Mr. Deininger.