Review: Elektrograd: Rusted Blood
Rusted Blood is triumph of setting and tone from Warren Ellis. Ellis is a man of strangely eclectic tastes, even for a writer. The Elektrograd setting comes from a long standing fascination of his with architecture or an interesting brutalist bent. He’s done a brilliant job constructing a city of such architecture and reflecting its tastes into his characters. The result is a grim police procedural that you can’t take your eyes off.
Rusted Blood is fairly short – a long short story or a short novella. It’s easy to swallow in one gulp, which enhanced its immersiveness for me. I think Ellis can sustain the effect for longer, but a short stay in this world was fine for me.
I don’t want to spoil the mystery – though I didn’t find it to be even the third most interesting aspect of Blood – so I don’t have much more to say. This is an inexpensive, short, absorbing tale. Risk the two bucks.
Strongly recommended.