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Ghost Species

By: James Bradley
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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 When scientist Kate Larkin joins a secretive project to re-engineer the climate by resurrecting extinct species, she becomes enmeshed in another, even more clandestine program to recreate our long-lost relatives, the Neanderthals. But when the first of the children, a girl called Eve, is born, Kate finds herself torn between her duties as a scientist and her urge to protect their time-lost creation.
Set against the backdrop of hastening climate catastrophe, Ghost Species is an exquisitely beautiful and deeply affecting exploration of connection and loss in an age of planetary trauma. For as Eve grows to adulthood she and Kate must face the question of who and what she is. Is she natural or artificial? Human or non-human? And perhaps most importantly, as civilisation unravels around them, is Eve the ghost species, or are we?
Thrillingly original, Ghost Species is embedded with a deep love and understanding of the natural world. Science Fiction Fiction Haunted Ghost
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A beautiful meditation on motherhood, childhood and identity.

This novel is recommended to fans of human side of science fiction because of its focus on character development.

The narrators performance was good overall and included a wealth of characters included a very welcome array of Australian accents. My only criticism would be in the voice of Eve who I found a bit grating and a bit of a simplistic expression of the author’s description.

Elegant Sci Fi

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not a bad book I like the neanderthal twist made me think ..thank you James Thank you Rubert Degas.

Ghost Species by James Bradley

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I thought the story structure, especially at the beginning was very detailed and believable, but by the end the author seemed over it all and the narrative jumpy and unconvincing. And you don't transplant potatoes 🙄😉

H bymm, yeah. it's OK.

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This story was a brilliant, gripping, emotionally-driven tale of a world on the edge. When humanity is free falling towards extinction, how do we preserve what little “humanity” we have left? And what does humanity mean, if we give billionaires free rein to play god? This book is a page-turner through and through. Intense, sharply written, and utterly bingeable. So good you’ll be crying AND scheduling in a re-read asap.

Brilliant, gripping story

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Beautifully and sensitively narrated, this story had me lamenting the fate of my species and, simultaneously, placing my hopes in Eve's hands. I truly hope this remains a work of fiction.

Frighteningly possible

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