As the story progresses, we learn who Myke actually is, and get a bit more context on her past and also the inception of the Molly project (well, it’s not just Mollys, but as she’s been the focus of the series, that’ll suffice as an explanation). One of the predators circling closer to the Mollys is Myke, a bounty hunter of some kind: she has been sent to eliminate the Mollys, and is willing to deploy some pretty devastating tools to get it done (recall that a new Molly is created from any cast-off Molly blood). Not only that, but they are also trying to ensure the survival of the existing Mollys, as they are beset on all sides by different predators. A handful of copies have been living together, trying to make things work, and trying to control their proliferation - especially because it appears as though each subsequent generation of copies is a bit more… rough around the edges, a bit more raw. She sacrificed herself at the end of the previous novella, at the hands of one of her copies. Thompson has create a really interesting premise and twist on clones, and in The Legacy of Molly Southbourne, he builds nicely on what has come before. Please note, this review has a couple of spoilers for the previous novellas.

Bringing it all together very nicely, I really enjoyed this satisfying conclusion. The series boasts a fascinating premise, one that has been developed over the course of the three novellas. The Molly Southbourne novellas were my introduction to Tade Thompson’s writing, and they have cemented him as a must-read author.

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