Wolf of Mars
A Rescue Sisters Story
Laser Cow Press
ASIN B0F9QKSZQ2
Wow what a great story! I absolutely loved this new Rescue Sisters Story. This is the 43 book or story I have read by Karina Fabian, not counting anthologies. I really enjoy her style, her sense of humour, and the variety of stories she writes. This is a short story set in the Rescue Sisters Universe, one that was previously published in an anthology. I picked this up The day I found out about it. I read it one evening while waiting to pick up different kids from different events. This new story was a fairly sombre, but well worth the read.
The Rescue Sisters is an order of nuns in space, who do search, rescue, and in this case run an orphanage. It is the second story in the collection to feature an orphanage, though this time it is on Mars proper. The description of this volume is:
“It's a new Rescue Sisters Story! "Wolf of Mars" is about a boy orphaned on Mars, desperate to get home to Earth, and a wolf willed to the orphanage when the Mars zoo closes. With coyotes terrorizing the colony, Darvin insists fear stops Gubbio from howling at the twin moons. When the children sneak Gubbio out to prove Darvin wrong, the wolf escapes--and Darvin knows it's his fault. Can Devin find Gubbio before the coyotes attack him--or Devin himself?”
About the rescue sisters we are informed:
“The order started on the L5 station, which is on the LaGrange trailing the moon. Gillian (Later St. Gillian of L5) was the wife of the inventor of artificial gravity. Ironically, he was so severely injured in an accident with his machine that he could no longer manage in Earth’s gravity, so she left Earth to join him on L5. After his death, she took holy vows and petitioned to start an order of religious sisters in outer space.
While they do many things, Gillian chose search and rescue for the mission because it was a high-demand, high-risk operation that commanded high prices. By doing the work for “air, supplies and the love of God,” they paved the way for their religious order to grow.”
The acknowledgements state:
“This is one of those stories I was called to do—or, more accurately, emailed to do. Andrew Seddon, whom I met when he wrote a story for Infinite Space, Infinite God II, asked me to write a story for an anthology he was doing, Wolf Wanderings.
“I just know there’s a way a wolf fits in the Rescue Sisters universe,” he said.
I couldn’t think of anything, but promised to consider it. Well, time went by, and I toyed with the idea and kept coming up blank. Finally, he was ready to roll with the anthology so he asked one more time. By then, I’d written an orphanage story and read a book that mentioned a zoo on Mars…and the idea of a wolf on Mars came to life.
You were right, Andrew. Thanks for keeping on me!.”
I have picked up the anthology this comes from but have not got around to reading it. I really should. After reading this piece it has jumped way up in my ‘to be read’ pile’. This is an excellent story, about finding your place, and helping others as well, even if they are a lone wolf on Mars. It is an intense little story with kids from the orphanage making some not great decisions, because they want to help each other and their new wolf. A fantastic read I can easily recommend. Well done Fabian, well done!
Books by Karina Fabian:
Dex Hollister Series:
The Old Man and the Void
Dex's Way
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Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator Series :
Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator
I Left My Brains in San Francisco
Shambling in a Winter Wonderland
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DragonEye PI Series:
DragonEye PI Novels:
6.0 Siren Spell
7.0 Good Intentions
9.0 Gapman
10.0 Magic, Mensa and Mayhem (Revised edition forthcoming)
11.0 Live and Let Fly (Revised edition forthcoming)
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DragonEye PI Short Stories:
DragonEye PI Original First Editions:
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Space Traipse Series:
Space Traipse: Hold My Beer, Season 1
Space Traipse: Hold My Beer, Season 2
Space Traipse: Hold My Beer, Season 3
Edited by: Karina Fabian:
Infinite Space, Infinite God I
Leaps of Faith
Infinite Space, Infinite God II
...
Contributed to:
Firestorm of Dragons
The Zombie Cookbook
The Book of Tentacles
Twisted Fayrie Tales
FRIGHTLINER: And Other Tales of the Undead
Mother Goose is Dead
Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary
Image and Likeness Literary Reflections on the Theology of the Body
Corrupts Absolutely? Dark Metahuman Fiction
Weird Noir
The Complete Guide to Writing Paranormal Novels
Manifesto UF
Avenir Eclectia
Planetary Anthology: Jupiter
Planetary Anthology: Pluto
Planetary Anthology: Luna
Planetary Anthology: Uranus
FlagShip Science Fiction and Fantasy v2i5
My Little Book of Headdesks
To Be Men: Stories Celebrating Masculinity
Space Traipse Stories
…
Madness of Kanaan Series:
(formerly The Mind Over Series)
Edited by: Karina Fabian:
Infinite Space, Infinite God I
Leaps of Faith
Infinite Space, Infinite God II
...
Nonfiction with Deacon Steven Lumbert:
Contributed to:
Firestorm of Dragons
The Zombie Cookbook
The Book of Tentacles
Twisted Fayrie Tales
FRIGHTLINER: And Other Tales of the Undead
Mother Goose is Dead
Word by Word: Slowing Down with the Hail Mary
Image and Likeness Literary Reflections on the Theology of the Body
Corrupts Absolutely? Dark Metahuman Fiction
Weird Noir
The Complete Guide to Writing Paranormal Novels
Manifesto UF
Avenir Eclectia
Planetary Anthology: Jupiter
Planetary Anthology: Pluto
Planetary Anthology: Luna
Planetary Anthology: Uranus
FlagShip Science Fiction and Fantasy v2i5
My Little Book of Headdesks
To Be Men: Stories Celebrating Masculinity
...
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