Literature, Dystopian, Science Fiction -- 5 stars
First, there's half faun/half human Chapman who travels the unsettled Ohio territory with his fully human brother planting apple seeds, and hoping one will grow into the tree that will give him what he really desires. Then there is John, living in a dystopian America where half the country is being harvested for its biomass while the other half is living a life engineered by a woman who has a vision she thinks will save humanity. And finally, there is C-432, a being rebuilt so many times it is no longer clear if it is human or android, a being that spends its time searching below an ice-covered America for anything that might have once been biological matter. ----- Welcome to three worlds, connected by one desire: to survive and to thrive. This novel popped up in a "suggested for you" post from Amazon. I had never heard of it, and had no idea what I was in for when I read a sample--or for that matter, even after I read the sample. Novels this original, this intelligent, are few and far between. Sometimes wordy, but always thought provoking, each story is populated by characters both relatable and sympathetic in worlds that connect to become a cautionary tale for life on the planet we call home. In the end, it's all about the trees.
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