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On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a
warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. She heads out
to check what she expects to be a false alarm—and stumbles upon
the first alien visitors to Earth. These aliens have crossed the
galaxy to save humanity, convinced that the people of Earth must
leave their ecologically-ravaged planet behind and join them among
the stars. And if humanity doesn't agree, they may need to be saved
by force. The watershed networks aren't ready to give up on Earth.
Decades ago, they rose up to exile the last corporations to a few
artificial islands, escape the dominance of nation-states, and
reorganize humanity around the hope of keeping their world
liveable. By sharing the burden of decision-making, they've started
to heal the wounded planet. But now corporations, nation-states,
and networks all vie to represent humanity to these powerful new
beings, and if any one accepts the aliens' offer, Earth may be
lost. With everyone’s eyes turned skyward, everything hinges on
the success of Judy's effort to create understanding, both within
and beyond her own species. A literary descendent of Ursula K. Le
Guin, Emrys crafts a novel of extraterrestrial diplomacy and urgent
climate repair bursting with quiet, tenuous hope and an underlying
warmth. A Half-Built Garden depicts a world worth building towards,
a humanity worth saving from itself, and an alien community worth
entering with open arms. It's not the easiest future to build, but
it's one that just might be in reach.
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Winter Tide (Paperback)
Ruthanna Emrys
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Two decades ago the U.S. government rounded up the people of
Innsmouth and took them to a desert prison, far from their ocean,
their Deep One ancestors, and their sleeping god, Cthulhu. Only
Aphra and Caleb Marsh survived the camps, emerging without a past
or a future. Now it's 1949, and the government that stole Aphra's
life needs her help. FBI Agent Ron Spector believes that Communist
spies have stolen dangerous magical secrets from Miskatonic
University, secrets that could turn the Cold War hot in an instant
and hasten the end of the human race. Aphra must return to the
ruins of her home, gather the scraps of her stolen history, and
assemble a new family to face the darkest of human politics and the
wildest dangers of an uncaring universe.
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Deep Roots (Paperback)
Ruthanna Emrys
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Ruthanna Emrys Innsmouth Legacy, which began with Winter Tide and
continues with Deep Roots, confronts H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu
mythos head-on, boldly upturning his fear of the unknown with a
heartwarming story of found family, acceptance, and perseverance in
the face of human cruelty and the cosmic apathy of the universe.
Emrys brings together a family of outsiders, bridging the gaps
between the many people marginalised by the homogenising pressure
of 1940s America. Aphra Marsh, descendant of the People of the
Water, has survived Deep One internment camps and made a grudging
peace with the government that destroyed her home and exterminated
her people on land. Deep Roots continues Aphra's journey to rebuild
her life and family on land, as she tracks down long-lost
relatives. She must repopulate Innsmouth or risk seeing it torn
down by greedy developers, but as she searches she discovers that
people have been going missing. She will have to unravel the
mystery, or risk seeing her way of life slip away.
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Winter Tide (Hardcover)
Ruthanna Emrys
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Discovery Miles 8 470
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