num_pages: 112
description: Deallocate all implicationsFortran 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 Athenas creatures. Now back in the Commonwealth her retirement is cut short by the arrival of federal troops in her tiny isolated town. One of Athenas most powerful weapons may still be buried nearby. And they need Marcias help to find it.A standalone novella set in the same Kentuckian post-apocalyptic setting as the author's previous stories The Voluntary State and The Border State.
language: English
title: These Prisoning Hills
publisher: Tordotcom