The Chain (2019 novel by Adrian McKinty)
The Chain (2019 novel by Adrian McKinty) Everywhere there are dangers and everywhere we see our own vulnerabilities. We generally push those thoughts aside because our vulnerabilities are embedded in our ability to function in our society; we can’t worry too much about nefarious internet Data-Miners because we rely so much on those same communications mediums to feel part of the world, and we can’t live in constant fear of our children being kidnapped because that fear would distort our children badly. Often our only defense from sheer, stark, soul-crippling, terror seems complacency, but that complacency is itself a vulnerability. To avoid madness, we vicariously embrace our wildest fears. We are rational people, not like those embracing Satanic Panic, Pizzagate, Qanon, and other witch-hunt-breed conspiracy masturbations, but still love to decompress through pulp/popular fictions. Yes, unfortunately, these fictions feed the fears of the Satanic Panic et al...