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Calypso
- Author
- Oliver K. Langmead
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 17 October 2024
- Run Time
- 5 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Rochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role as engineer on the colony ark, Calypso. But she finds the ship has transformed into a forest, populated by the original crew’s descendants, who revere her like a saint.
She travels the ship with the Calypso’s creator, the enigmatic Sigmund, and Catherine, a bioengineered marvel who can commune with the plants, uncovering a new history of humanity forged while she slept. She discovers a legacy of war between botanists and engineers. A war fought for the right to build a new Earth – a technological paradise, or a new Eden in bloom, untouched by mankind’s past.
And Rochelle, the last to wake, holds the balance of power in her hands.
Truly unforgettable and richly lyrical eco-fiction, for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Jeff VanderMeer.
”Thoughtful, elegant, exciting – I loved it." - Sarah Waters
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Details
- Author
- Oliver K. Langmead
- Narrator
- Harrie Dobby, Peter Wicks, Sofia Engstrand
- Duration
- 5 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 October 2024
- ISBN
- 9781004174546
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
Synopsis
A ground-breaking, mind-bending and wildly imaginative epic verse revolution in SF. A saga of colony ships, shattering moons and cataclysmic war in a new Eden.Rochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role as engineer on the colony ark, Calypso. But she finds the ship has transformed into a forest, populated by the original crew’s descendants, who revere her like a saint.She travels the ship with the Calypso’s creator, the enigmatic Sigmund, and Catherine, a bioengineered marvel who can commune with the plants, uncovering a new history of humanity forged while she slept. She discovers a legacy of war between botanists and engineers. A war fought for the right to build a new Earth – a technological paradise, or a new Eden in bloom, untouched by mankind’s past.And Rochelle, the last to wake, holds the balance of power in her hands.Truly unforgettable and richly lyrical eco-fiction, for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Jeff VanderMeer.”Thoughtful, elegant, exciting – I loved it." - Sarah Waters
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