Review of The Iron Below Remembers by Sharang Biswas
The Iron Below Remembers by Sharang Biswas (Neon Hemlock, 2025) is a charming novella that mashes up academia and superheroes with a largely LGBTQ+ cast of characters.
Professor Laxman Yadav, who specializes in art history and archaeology, is brought in to examine a recently unearthed artifact, a rare example of a fully intact technology from an earlier civilization. As he juggles his superhero boyfriend, learning more about the relic, and his teaching career, he narrates the entire story with copious footnotes.
As someone who loves both footnotes and superheroes, this book was a delight to read! I found the academic characters to be some of my favorite, but I was also astonished by how human the superheroes were–they had the same sorts of personality quirks and neuroses as other people, even though they had massive powers and abilities. The humor in the story and footnotes was also a huge selling point for me!
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