Calypso (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781803365336)

"Ambitious and immersive...an elegantly told meditation on how we can't leave ourselves behind." -Esquire Magazine - The Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024

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.

Truly unforgettable and richly lyrical eco-fiction, for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Jeff VanderMeer.

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.

Author: Oliver K. Langmead
ISBN-10: 1803365331
ISBN-13: 9781803365336
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.95h x 6.06w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/19/2024
Booklist 03/01/2024 pg. 33