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A review by librarian_of_trantor
We Shall Sing a Song Into the Deep by Andrew Kelly Stewart
4.0
The beginning of this book is wonderfully atmospheric. Choristers singing liturgical hymns in Latin the bowels of a decrepit nuclear sub carrying the last remaining missile after World War III, or maybe IV. Mutinous religious fanatics control the sub and have named that one missile "The Last Judgement". Draw your own conclusions about their intentions.
The atmosphere thins a bit as the story progresses. It had to in order to make room for a plot. That plot is tight, with twists that ring true. And the author is able to slip in some exposition mid story when the first person narrator, who know nothing of the state of the world, meets a "topsider". And that person turns out not to be totally reliable either, in a way that makes sense for her character. And the end is open ended but still satisfying.
The atmosphere thins a bit as the story progresses. It had to in order to make room for a plot. That plot is tight, with twists that ring true. And the author is able to slip in some exposition mid story when the first person narrator, who know nothing of the state of the world, meets a "topsider". And that person turns out not to be totally reliable either, in a way that makes sense for her character. And the end is open ended but still satisfying.