First published 2017
Rio Richlin carries a rifle and wears the uniform of the American army in an alternative World War II. She possesses no superpowers, just the determination of an ordinary young woman thrust into extraordinary circumstances. During a training exercise in Wales, Rio and her squad find themselves cold, wet, and lost in unfamiliar territory. Their plans go awry when they must spend the night in an old inn that feels wrong in ways Rio cannot name. What begins as a routine military exercise transforms into something far more sinister. Rio discovers that her training may not have prepared her for what awaits in the darkness. The fate of the world hangs in the balance, and it falls to Rio and her fellow soldier girls to make the difference they enlisted to make. Grant places his protagonist in a situation where courage matters more than experience, and where ordinary people must rise to meet impossible challenges.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, action, alternate-history
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, ordinary-hero
Setting: Wales
Period: World War II
86 pages · Paperback · Electric Monkey