On such a full sea

This is a haunting story about a young woman, Fan, who sets out from her relatively safe home in what used to be Baltimore in search of her boyfriend, who has disappeared. The dystopia she moves in is highly structured in its settled areas, but pretty much a free-for-all in the “counties” between settlements. The story is about both Fan's journey and the after effects of her departure on the psyches of people in B-Mor, told by an enigmatic, anonymous narrator in B-Mor. There are themes of safety and security vs. vulnerability to harm, integrity in relationships between people, and what conditions people will accept to ensure stability in their lives.

I have more to say but will have to try to fill out this review later.