Where the streets have no name

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Temple: Incarnation, by Steven Savile

In Temple: Incarnations, Steven Savile makes something both heroic and horrifying out of the iconic image of the lone figure, lost but not yet completely despairing, wandering in the wasteland, searching for some kind of grail - truth, meaning, redemption, renewal.

Temple is a man almost wholly without a past, with clouded memories suggesting a weight of guilt, driven to find the answers to the essential mystery of his existence. The world around him is plague-ridden, civilisation all but vanished, with no place for heroes.

This is not a tale to be read for reassurance – it’s dark, and terrible, and there’s only the tiniest sliver of hope that anything could ever change. But if you happen to enjoy the occasional foray into the darkest of dark fantasy, there’s a frightening beauty here as well.