This book is an exercise in the study of minimalist
characters. They are quite a simple
people because they are the last people.
The protagonist is not even aware of what a machine looks like; they
live in such a simple world. The last
war had rid the world of machines from what the book says.
The mother dies and yet, the girl, Merciful, hears her dead
mother singing to her and hears her move.
Gospel, her brother, looks over all of it, at first. The dog or ‘it’ avoids the mother. His hackles raise or he cowers. The mother grabs the girl and speaks to her
of a machine calling in the fog that will bring about their deaths. They are the last people. This girl who does not even know what a
machine looks like must then find this machine and smash it to call off the
fog.
The fog is a strangely dense entity that is quickly
approaching their small community. Jenny
Gone is a young woman that is found without an ear or arm on his left side(the
side that went into the fog). The
effects of the fog slowly spread and bring the woman into nothingness until it
reaches her heart and kills her.
The question is whether the possessed body of her mother is
telling the truth or whether a mechanical animal is telling the truth. What is more important? What choice will she make? Merciful can either kill the Minister machine
and stop the apocalypse or she can kill the possessed bodies in the house. A true test of character within a deeply
spiritual and turning book that makes the reader wonder what they would do.
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