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Borne

By: Jeff VanderMeer
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
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A novel that is simultaneously harrowing, dark, dangerous, funny and uplifting from the author of the Southern Reach trilogy.

'Am I a person?' Borne asks Rachel, in extremis.
'Yes, you are a person,' Rachel tells him. 'But like a person, you can be a weapon, too.'

A ruined city of the future lives in fear of a despotic, gigantic flying bear, driven mad by the tortures inflicted on him by the Company, a mysterious biotech firm. A scavenger, Rachel, finds a creature entangled in his fur. She names it Borne.

At first Borne looks like nothing at all - a green lump that might be a discard from the Company. But he reminds Rachel of her homeland, an island nation long lost to rising seas, and she prevents her lover, Wick, from rendering down Borne as raw genetic material for the special kind of drugs he sells.

But nothing is quite the way it seems: not the past, not the present, not the future. If Wick is hiding secrets, so is Rachel - and Borne most of all. What Rachel finds hidden deep within the Company will change everything and everyone. There, lost and forgotten things have lingered and grown. What they have grown into is mighty indeed.

©2017 VanderMeer Creative Inc. (P)2017 Blackstone Audio

Critic Reviews

"Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the apocalypse; with

Borne he continues his investigation into the malevolent grace of the world, and it's a thorough marvel." (Colson Whitehead)

Praise for the Southern Reach Trilogy:
"I'm loving the Southern Reach Trilogy.... Creepy and fascinating." (Stephen King)
"Hauntingly weird and brilliantly new.... These are contemporary masterpieces and career-defining novels." (Adam Robert, Books of the Year, The Guardian)

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Compelling writing

Not really my kind of sci fi, but within the realms of plausibility. Most importantly, this is a deeply human description at of our most open best.

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I really enjoyed Borne

I really enjoyed Borne. If you like weird and wonderful Sci Fi then this is for you.

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VanderMeer is a Wizard

J.V has an amazing voice as a story teller. Definitely give this or any of his works a listen!

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great

good biotech science fiction story, good characters and world building.
really enjoyed it, will be looking at other books by Jeff.

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.......ummm what did I read!?!

this book will make you think, it will also make you wonder half the time what did I just read. it gave me the mixed feelings of love and hate! kept me interested.

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Great, just not for me.

I think an excellent book, but a little bit too uncomfortable for my personal taste. If you enjoy a challenging read I think you'd like this more.

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Weird

A masterwork of Weird fiction. More creative than Lovecraft, and with a social conscience. Creative, bizarre, fun, and very Weird.

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not as good as his previous work.

Bourne starts great but towards the end it just seemed rushed and uninteresting. I more then likely won't bother with the next two installments.

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