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Seed

By: Bri Lee
Narrated by: Luke Arnold
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 An astonishing new novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Eggshell Skull and The Work.

Mitchell is a brilliant biologist, committed to the environment and the growing global antinatalist movement. For one month each year he lives with his colleague Frances in a utopia of radical equality and scientific dedication in Antarctica. They are concluding the Anarctos Project: a seed vault in an isolated, secret location. It is a biodiversity insurance policy against humanity’s devastating effects on the rapidly warming planet. 

But when their helicopter doesn’t pick them up, and strange things begin to happen, their faith in science is suddenly not enough. Mitchell has been keeping big secrets – from Frances and from himself. The ice haunts him with memories of a devastating betrayal and questions of legacy and fairness crowd his mind.

If they don’t get back to McMurdo Station before the last flight home they face a long dark polar winter together. Alone. As the days get shorter, these two people of firm logic and reason begin finding fault lines in their perfect social experiment.

Thrilling, original and almost unbearably suspenseful, Seed offers an uneasy glimpse into isolation, love and our worst fears.
 Dystopian Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Exciting Polar Region
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Complete departure from other genres of Bri Lee’s previous work, but no less enjoyable. Give it a crack!

Suspense, scenic, mystery, feels

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It's been a while since a book made me cry this hard. A very suspenseful story with some very heartwrenching moments. I wish I could erase it from my mind and start over.

Absolutely incredible.

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Liking the central character, i realise, is central to my enjoying the book. Its not a relaxing read. Its a little unlikely and persistently intense....not many lulls in the rhythm, and certainly no poetry..

its hard to like the central character

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