The drowned man's daughter : a novella / C.J. Lavigne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lavigne, Carlen, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dystopias--Fiction.

Dystopias.

Climatic changes--Fiction.

Climatic changes.

Coming of age--Fiction.

Coming of age.

Genre:

Apocalyptic fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

163 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : NeWest Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Award-winning novelist C.J. Lavigne returns with a strange and startling new vision of the future... The last vestiges of humanity live at the Colony, trapped between the myriad dangers of the protean sea and the poisonous moss-lands, which have blanketed the earth in the wake of an ecological calamity. The noxious moss affects the mind and the body; while it drives its users mad, it is also the only way people can have children. When a baby arrives on the shore, the young caretakers of the Colony name her Naia, convinced that she is the daughter of the sea and a mysterious Drowned Man who heralded her passage months earlier. Naia grows up at the Colony, and learns the myriad dangers of a world turned feral, not the least of which being the moss-parents, who have surrendered their sanity in order to keep the human species alive. Now, fully grown, Naia appears to hold the sea's power through her remarkable heritage. When the Colony starts to look to her for leadership, she knows she is unable to provide what they need... Recalling the works of Jeff Vandermeer, Larissa Lai, Omar El Akkad and Waubgeshig Rice, The Drowned Man's Daughter is a genre-defying work that offers readers a glimpse at humanity's endgame, a biopunk nightmare that serves as a warning for our time."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Lavigne, Carlen, 1976- The drowned man's daughter.

ISBN:

9781774391204

1774391201

OCLC:

1502654705

Publisher Number:

90103486441