#fyrewall

This Solarpunk story follows Daesha, a young woman who has the important job of maintaining the Fyrewall. In this Sci-Fi world, the Earth had warmed up to a dangerous degree. Daesha’s grandma develops a technology to protect their city from the heat and raging fires.

This world is very similar to the Sun in the Heart world. There was no mention of the sun changing in this story, but the prevalence of heat and its destructive qualities on the world are what make the stories alike.

Daesha isn’t as in tune with the invention as her grandmother was. She doesn’t understand how to repair it when she finds out it has been damaged. She gains an idea to fix it when she is tasked to watch over two problem children.

She learns that fire can repair the shield and mend the holes. This concept seemed interesting to me. In a world where fire and heat has become such an issue, the author decided it would also serve as a solution. This duel meaning, as I understand it, is meant to showcase that some things are not as black and white as we see them.

People are not inherently good or evil, like the troubled kids in the story. The kid who pick pockets and the girl obsessed with fire aren’t malevolent. They help Daesha in the end.

The fire causes issues with the Earth in the beginning, but humankind overcomes its issues, and the heat serves as the answer to a huge problem.