Borne

Jeff VanderMeer, Bahni Turpin

eAudio - 2017

In Borne, a young woman named Rachel survives as a scavenger in a ruined city half destroyed by drought and conflict. The city is dangerous, littered with discarded experiments from the Company―a biotech firm now derelict―and punished by the unpredictable predations of a giant bear. Rachel ekes out an existence in the shelter of a run-down sanctuary she shares with her partner, Wick, who deals his own homegrown psychoactive biotech.One day, Rachel finds Borne during a scavenging mission and takes him home. Borne as salvage is little more than a green lump―plant or animal?―but exudes a strange charisma. Borne reminds Rachel of the marine life from the island nation of her birth, now lost to rising seas. There is an attachment she res...ents: in this world any weakness can kill you. Yet, against her instincts―and definitely against Wick's wishes―Rachel keeps Borne. She cannot help herself. Borne, learning to speak, learning about the...

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Published
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
Main Authors
Jeff VanderMeer, Bahni Turpin
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File Size351 GB
ISBN9781504779791
Release Date4/25/2017