Seed
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3.7 • 9 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
An astonishing new novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Eggshell Skull and The Work.
Mitchell is a brilliant biologist, committed to the environment and the growing global antinatalist movement. For one month each year he lives with his colleague Frances in a utopia of radical equality and scientific dedication in Antarctica. They are concluding the Anarctos Project: a seed vault in an isolated, secret location. It is a biodiversity insurance policy against humanity’s devastating effects on the rapidly warming planet.
But when their helicopter doesn’t pick them up, and strange things begin to happen, their faith in science is suddenly not enough. Mitchell has been keeping big secrets – from Frances and from himself. The ice haunts him with memories of a devastating betrayal and questions of legacy and fairness crowd his mind.
If they don’t get back to McMurdo Station before the last flight home they face a long dark polar winter together. Alone. As the days get shorter, these two people of firm logic and reason begin finding fault lines in their perfect social experiment.
Thrilling, original and almost unbearably suspenseful, Seed offers an uneasy glimpse into isolation, love and our worst fears.
Customer Reviews
Where am I?
Seed’s narrative can be a frustrating journey of wrangling meaning from an unreliable narrator to then perceiving the wonders of the world from their eyes.
The atmosphere is dense, which is necessary, as it is primarily based in the singular location.
The context provided from the narrator does reveal layers, yet I feel there were a number of points due for further explanation.
The ending leads the reader to surmises much, but trails meaning amongst many of the moments in the build up to the finale.
Thankful to have read it, but more thankful to have finished it - the book really dragged more than run.
Posits many interesting questions about humanity, our place within it, and the natural world around is in the most isolating point of the world.
Had my heart racing
Bri is a genius. Seed weaves in philosophical conundrums and thought-provoking global crises into a genuinely great novel. I powered through this book and it had my heart racing right to the last page. I don’t want this story to be over. Sequel?