They then crawl through a crack in the wall and come out in, wait for it, suburbia, back to his street and his house. There was several Alice in Wonderland moments as Russell whose insomnia ridden fragmented memory chances upon a woman he recognises, turns out be his wife and they meet on top of a building as a bunch of people commit mass suicide by hurling themselves off it. You see this town was built by the worst of the worst, the murderers, the rapists and the pedophiles and it must die with them. The gist of the story is that the city is run by someone called the cowboy, whose edict is too kill all the children, so that this town of scum can die with this generation. It soon became apparent that this trip involved various random encounters with various random people and a tale that spends more time going sideward, backward, in fact any direction except forward. The story follows Russell Carver, seemingly new in Factory Town as he searches for Alana, his daughter, in a town of sin, a town of madness and a town of debauchery. The story follows Russell Carver, seemingly new in Factory Town as he searches for Alana, his daughter, in a town First off, I was really looking forward to this, I thought Corrosion was fantastic and recommended it to several friends, even voted for it in the Darkfuse reader’s awards.įirst thoughts I had to agree with the surreal voyage bit, only problem, it just got weirder and weirder to the point where 40% in I’d lost all hope and just batted out to the end, which couldn't come quick enough. First thoughts I had to agree with the surreal voyage bit, only problem, it just got weirder and weirder to the point where 40% in I’d lost all hope and just batted out to the end, which couldn't come quick enough.
Welcome to the haunting, frightening and disturbing experience that is Russell Carver's search for the truth.įirst off, I was really looking forward to this, I thought Corrosion was fantastic and recommended it to several friends, even voted for it in the Darkfuse reader’s awards.
Because in Factory Town nothing is what it seems, no one is safe, and there's no such thing as a clean escape.įrom Jon Bassoff, author of Corrosion, comes a dark, gritty and surreal novel that is at once a compelling mystery and an exploration into the darkest recesses of the human soul. Wandering deeper and deeper into the dangerous, dream-like and darkly mysterious labyrinths in town, Russell stumbles upon clues that not only lead him closer to the missing girl, but to his own troubled past as well. Wandering deeper and deeper into the dangerous, dream-like and darkly mysterious labyrinths in town, Russell stumbles upon clues th Russell Carver, an enigmatic and tortured man in search of a young girl gone missing, has come to Factory Town, a post-industrial wasteland of abandoned buildings, crumbling asphalt, deadly characters, hidden secrets and unspeakable depravity. Russell Carver, an enigmatic and tortured man in search of a young girl gone missing, has come to Factory Town, a post-industrial wasteland of abandoned buildings, crumbling asphalt, deadly characters, hidden secrets and unspeakable depravity.
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