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Psychlone

Greg Bear (1979)

SubgenreHard SF
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.18

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Graphic ViolenceMass DeathNuclear WeaponsBody HorrorPsychological HorrorGenocideWar TraumaBlood

Positive tags

MysterySurvival

Tropes

Hard SFPost-ApocalypticReluctant HeroFirst ContactHostile EntityMorally Gray Protagonist

Themes

RevengeNuclear War ConsequencesScientific Inquiry vs SupernaturalCollective TraumaHistorical GuiltMan vs NatureThe Soul

Synopsis

The nuclear bomb is the only weapon so terrible that it destroys not only the human body, but the human soul. But what of those souls that were not destroyed, but maimed and ruptured by the blast at Hiroshima? They are coming, across the Pacific ocean, leaving blood and destruction in their wake, searching for revenge. Larry Fowler is a scientist--he doesn't want to be frightened by things he doesn't understand. However, he can't stop asking questions--questions that will bring him face to face with psychlone.

Tags

HorrorSupernatural ThrillerPsychological SF