The Ghost Below

Name: The Ghost Below
Rating: 4 (3 reviews)

Ariele Sieling

Rove City Book 100 · Ariele Sieling

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Fia loves her job as an electrician aboard a space-faring city vessel. She is skilled at her work, and appreciates not having too much facetime with other humans.

She just has one problem: a colleague has taken an interest in her—interest she doesn’t return.

When she finally works up the courage to tell him no, he takes offense and reports her to her supervisor for insubordination.

Her punishment? Her boss assigns her to repair the conduits in the bowels of the ship, reported to be haunted by a ghostly voice.

As Fia nervously delves into the darkest, most unknown corners of the ship she calls home, she wonders just what she will find down there: friend or foe? Or something else entirely?

This is a short story set in the Rove City universe, set roughly 150 years prior to book 1, Midnight Wings.

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4.0

3 reviews

Maria Korsman

April 6, 2023

This was well written and the description of "short story" is very apt. It was a very quick and easy read that left me feeling like the story and character development would have been better had it been longer....but that is a personal bias and not a negative for other readers who prefer short fiction. However, it was fun and a creative blend of sci fi and fairy tale, perhaps aimed at a younger audience. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Marjorie S

April 8, 2023

Loosely based on the archetypes of Beauty and the Beast, this was a cute, sweet story that give a bit of a peek into some of the earliest history of Rove City and its inhabitants. This explained some of the quirks of the ship and its inhabitants. I enjoyed getting to know Fia and the ghost and seeing this buried and closed off part of the ship. Sieling has come up with creative sci-fi twist on fairytale tropes. My only complaint is that I wish it were a bit longer and more filled out.

Su Chan

April 27, 2023

This is an interesting take on (I assume: neurodivergence,) interpersonal and societal conflict in context of a post-disaster sci-fi survival story. I enjoyed the setting and Fia's character. I thought her role patching up the decrepit technology and her positive attitude towards it was great. I really liked the aspects of what they were doing and the interesting effects it had on the society overall, with the sombre overtones and impressions of decay and loss.

About the author

Ariele Sieling is a Baltimore-based writer who enjoys books, cats, and trees. Her first love, however, is science fiction and she has three series in the genre: post-apocalyptic monsters in Land of Szornyek; soft science fiction series, The Sagittan Chronicles; and scifi fairytale retellings in Rove City. She has also had numerous short stories published in a variety of anthologies and magazines and is the author of children's books series Rutherford the Unicorn Sheep.

She lives in Baltimore with her husband, a dog, and three cats.

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