Combine[s] fast-paced action and imaginative settings with beautifully developed queer relationships.

CrimeReads, Queer Mysteries and Thrillers to Read All Year Long

Pulley's humorous, heartfelt, and occasionally horrifying tale will stay with you long after the last page.

Paste Magazine, Best Novels of 2022

Provocative, unsettling . . . explosive.

Publishers Weekly, starred review

An absorbing Cold War thriller.

Christian Science Monitor

From state tyranny and crimes against humanity to ingenuity and valor under deadly pressure as well as humor and forbidden love, Pulley's brilliantly conceived, vibrantly realized, and complexly suspenseful tale is all the more resounding in the glare of Russia's recklessness at Chernobyl during its latest, horrific invasion of Ukraine.

Booklist, starred review

Scientific research, KGB shenanigans, queer love, and the heartache of suffering children are just a few of the enriching intricacies Pulley traces with intelligent wit and confident narration. A gifted writer of well-drawn characters, Pulley has given the nuclear noir genre a fresh and stimulating take on Chernobyl-style terror.

Library Journal