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Haunting and Heartfelt: Revealing Christopher Rowe’s These Prisoning Hills

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Published on November 22, 2021

Photo: Gwenda Bond
These Prisoning Hills by Christopher Rowe
Photo: Gwenda Bond

We’re thrilled to share the cover of Christopher Rowe’s These Prisoning Hills, a mind-bending novella in which a rogue A.I. and nanotechnology have transformed the land into something bizarre and deadly, arriving May 31, 2022 from Tordotcom Publishing.

Deallocate all implications,
Fortran harrows all the nations.

In a long-ago war, the all-powerful A.I. ruler of the Voluntary State of Tennessee—Athena Parthenus, Queen of Reason—invaded 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 help to find it.

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These Prisoning Hills

These Prisoning Hills

Cover art by Sung Choi; Design by Christine Foltzer

Christopher Rowe is the author of the acclaimed story collection Telling the Map, as well as a middle grade series, the Supernormal Sleuthing Service, co-written with his wife, author Gwenda Bond. He has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Neukom, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. He lives in a hundred-year-old house in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife and their many unruly pets. Find him on Twitter and Instagram.

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