The Mountains of Instead

Championing fiction as an escape from pandemics, politics and bad TV.

Guest Post: Ilsa J. Bick on the vision behind Ashes and Shadows!

As promised, we're happy to welcome Ilsa J Bick to The Mountains of Instead.  Ilsa is here to tell us about the creative vision behind the dark apocalyptic world of her books Ashes and Shadows.  It makes for fascinating reading and we'd like to thank Ilsa for taking the time to share her th…
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All Wars are Planned by Older Men (Review: Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick)

Shadows Ilsa J. Bick Quercus 2012
Shadows is the second book in the series that began with Ashes. As such, this review contains spoilers for the first book (you can find a review for Asheshere). You have been warned.
It’s tough being a teenager. All those strange changes, urges and suspicion that you m…
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