You don’t have to spend your time watching Moogles and Googles or listening to Moogles and Googles AM to know the government has done some pretty damn sketchy stuff. Elizabeth Stuckey-French’s The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady takes that knowledge and adds a revenge tale. Back in the 1950s Marylou Ahearn was a poor, pregnant woman made part of a medical study without her knowledge. Eight years later her only child died. And now fifty years later, Marylou has found the doctor running the study. Taking the name Nancy Archer from the cult classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Marylou intends to get her revenge.

But as she works to destroy the now ailing doctor’s family (daughter, son-in-law and three grandchildren), Marylou/Nancy causes just as much harm as good. Two people who had no one else to talk about the their shared past find each other. A daughter’s almost dead marriage has the beginnings of a revival and three children are able to be more than just the pretty damaged one (Ava), the damaged loner (Otis) and the normal one (Suzie).

No character (barring a certain character who deserves their end no matter who you are) is completely good or bad. The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady is worth a read. Except if you’re Blacklight, then stick to the Stephen R. Donaldson. Otherwise give it a try.