Books of the Month
On Earth As It Is Beneath
Description
On land where enslaved people were once murdered, the state built a penal colony where inmates could be rehabilitated but never escape. Now, decades later, its operations are winding down, but a new horror is unleashed: every full moon, the inmates are released and the hunt begins. Every man plans his escape, not knowing if his end will come at the hands of a familiar face or from the unknown dangers beyond the prison walls. A bracing vision of our collective potential for violence, and the failures of our social and political action, or inaction.