Legacy of Molly Southbourne

The final chapter in the Molly Southbourne story brings together horror and family emotion with equal force. It is a grim but resonant novella that closes the series with both brutality and aftertaste.

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Every drop of blood carries the next disaster, and this final volume faces that curse head-on.

Molly Southbourne's blood gives rise to killers. After the original Molly is gone, her remaining copies try to build a life of quiet, even as they remain trapped by the violence that shaped them. As Cold War secrets and laboratory history converge, the story moves toward a final reckoning for the series.

Review Summaries

Readers who respond well to the series tend to praise the bleak premise and the emotional landing. Others note that the fractured structure and intensity of the violence make it a more divisive reading experience.

Book Information

Publisher: Tor.com
Published: 2022-05-17
Pages: 152 pages
Language: 英語
Size: 12.7 x 0.89 x 20.32 cm
ISBN-13: 9781250824707
ISBN-10: 1250824702
Price: 2451 JPY
Category: 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Thrillers/Suspense

From Arthur C. Clarke Award-winner Tade Thompson, The Legacy of Molly Southbourne continues his chilling series. Whenever Molly Southbourne bled, a murderer was born. Deadly copies, drawn to destroy their creator, bound by a legacy of death. With the original Molly Southbourne gone, her remnants drew together, seeking safety and a chance for peace. The last Molly and her sisters built a home together, and thought they could escape the murder that marked their past. But secrets squirm in Molly Southbourne's blood—secrets born in a Soviet lab and carried back across the Iron Curtain to infiltrate the West. What remains of the Cold War spy machine wants those secrets back, and to get them they're willing to unearth the dead and destroy the fragile peace surrounding the last copies of Molly Southbourne. The Legacy of Molly Southbourne brings the story to a bloody end.

Tade Thompson is the author of the sci-fi novel Rosewater , which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Nommo Award, and was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award. He is the author of the Kitschies Golden Tentacle Award-winning novel, Making Wolf , and he also writes short stories, notably The Apologists which was nominated for a British Science Fiction Association award. Born in London to Yoruba parents, he lives and works on the south coast of England where he battles an addiction to books.

Reviews

Sehr gelungener Abschluss - und interessante Hintergründe

Molly2, die nun aktuelle Molly nach dem Freitod des Templats, hat durch ihre Erfahrungen mit den Tamaras, deren Begegnungen nicht automatisch zu Kämpfen auf Leben und Tod führen, die Idee entwickelt, dies auch mit ihren 'Schwestern' auszutesten. Und so finden sich nach einiger Zeit vier Mollys mit nun neuen Einzelbezeichnungen in einem abgelegenen Haus und versuchen einen Weg zur Kooperation zu finden. Aber die Schöpfer der Mollys und Tamaras sind nicht bereit die Früchte ihrer Arbeit so einfach aufzugeben und so machen sie der Templat-Tamara eine geradezu unwiderstehlichen Vorschlag - den diese aber ziemlich kreativ auslegt. Daneben fühlen sich noch unregistrierte mollys von der Ansammlung der Mollys angezogen und es gibt noch eine weitere Person, die hinter den letzten mollys und Mollys her ist. Die Hintergrundsgeschichte Mollys und Tamaras wird noch einmal weiter ausgebaut und wir erfahren noch wesentlich mehr über Mollys Mutter. Das Motiv für das Projekt ist ein wenig angelehnt an 'Child of Men' und einige Aspekte erinnern sowohl an 'Dark Angel' oder an 'Orphan Black' und als Fan beider Serien muss mir diese Geschichte einfach gefallen. Ungewöhnliche - aber interessante - SF. Empfehlenswert.
Bummed to turn the last page

This was a great read with something very hard to find- an original premise with surprising plot twists. I liked it a lot. Medical spy horror international incident fiction? So apart from the setting and the era and the lamentably smaller number of pages and fewer details it actually wasn't so different from Wormwood. I was sorry to turn the last page of this last book in a trilogy. Plot lines were tied up in ways that felt complete and believable. I look forward to reading his next works.
Great Finish

4.5 Stars: I finished the final book, and I'm pleased with the way everything was brought together to get her into the final book. From chapter 14 onwards, I was glued to the pages and couldn't wait to see how it all turned out, so I enjoyed this book the most. It was a great way to tie all three books together.