Firewalkers

The world is burnt and some people just have to keep living there instead of making it to the great escape ships.

Fast and smart with some wicked turns.

Excellent storytelling. Triptych of horrors. Horrific, hopeful, & frightening in equal parts, with dashes of dark humor.

This was my first Tchaikovsky book; if they're all as inventive and beautiful as this then I can understand the hype.