![]() ![]() She does have constant communication with Em, her handler, who communicates to her through her exosuit. The reason for why Tunnelers attack groups but not solitary miners is left as a mystery for most of the novel, but the explanation given at the end is the only logical one. ![]() Multiple people seem to draw the attention of an undescribed alien life form known as a Tunneler, while lone people seem able to traverse the mines with far more success. ![]() What’s more, there are no other characters in the tunnel besides Gyre. The Luminous Dead takes place entirely in these tunnels. Gyre has grown up on this planet, and knows about the caves, but she’s never been bound into an exosuit which controls all of her bodily functions before while doing it. Most mining consortiums do this to discover ore deposits, but the one Gyre is working in is being more secretive about their reasons. Gyre gets hired for a huge payout to explore some of the deep tunnels beneath the planet. ![]() Being alone is the only way to prevent attacks from Tunnelers, an undescribed alien life form that inhabits the caves of this planet. Mining in The Luminous Dead must go down alone in robotic exosuits. On an impoverished mining planet with no hope for a better life, Gyre Price decides to fake her credentials and act as if she is an experienced miner. The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling is a claustrophobic hybrid of horror and science fiction. ![]()
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