by Emma Bull
First published 1991
Sparrow makes deals at the Night Fair, trading videos from before the bombs fell. The circuit rewards those who know value, and Sparrow has built a reputation moving Big Bang memorabilia to collectors willing to pay premium prices. But the real money lies in tracking down the Horsemen, the mind control devices that decided the war between the Americas. Sparrow wants that prize more than any other score. The hunt grows complicated when Sparrow's own thoughts start slipping away. Something is taking control from the inside. The very weapons Sparrow seeks may already be closing in. In this post nuclear landscape, the line between hunter and prey shifts like smoke, and the most dangerous enemy might be the one that lives inside your head.
Genres: adventure, action, post-apocalyptic, alternate-history
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: hunter-and-prey, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Americas
Period: Post-Nuclear
288 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Ace
Content warnings: violence