Strannost'

1931, Mars, Nyu-Galveston. Kogda na planetu pala Tishina, razrushivshaya vse kommunikatsii mezhdu Zemley i marsianskoy koloniey, ta zastyla, paralizovannaya strahom. Anabel Krisp rabotala v zakusochnoy svoego ottsa, kogda na gorod napala banda Saylasa Mundta. Krispov ograbili, no samoe glavnoe, chto u nih zabrali zapis s golosom materi, ostavsheysya na Zemle. Ot otchayaniya i yarosti Anabel otpravlyaetsya v put, chtoby nagnat vorov i zabrat edinstvennyy predmet, dorogoy ee serdtsu. V kompanii vernogo robota, vechno pyanogo kosmicheskogo pilota-izgoya i vooruzhennoy do zubov naemnitsy Anabel nuzhno proyti cherez zabroshennyy shahterskiy gorod, gde mestnye zhiteli mutirovali iz-za vozdeystviya minerala pod nazvaniem Strannost. A esche putnikov zhdet pustynya i temnyy krater Pibodi, gde brodyat dikie mashiny. Vskore putniki vyyasnyat, chto Mars tait nemalo sekretov, a Nyu-Galveston, kogda-to byvshiy bezopasnoy gavanyu, teper stal koptyaschey svechoy v mire, kotoryy pozhiraet mrak.