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Over 200 years after the first colonists landed on Pax, a new set of explorers arrives from Earth on what they claim is a temporary scientific mission. But the Earthlings misunderstand the nature of the Pax settlement and its real leader. Even as Stevland attempts to protect his human tools, a more insidious enemy than the Earthlings makes itself known. Stevland is not the apex species on Pax.

Escaping conflict on Earth, an idealistic group of settlers arrive on a distant planet - Pax - with plans for a perfect society. The world they discover is rich with life, but this is not the Eden they were hoping for. The plants on Pax are smart - smart enough to domesticate, and even slaughter, its many extraordinary animals. To survive, the colonists realise that they must strike bargains of their own. But if they are to make Pax their home, they must go further, searching for a way to communicate and coexist with these utterly alien intelligences.

Ils sont cinquante - des femmes, des hommes de tous horizons. Ils ont définitivement quitté la Terre pour, au terme d'un voyage interstellaire de cent soixante ans, s'établir sur une planète lointaine qu'ils ont baptisée Pax. Ils ont laissé derrière eux les guerres, la pollution, l'argent, pour se rapprocher de "la nature". Tout recommencer. Construire une Utopie. Mais très vite, des drames menacent leur idéal. Du matériel irremplaçable est détruit. Des morts surviennent et s'accumulent.

In a US facing growing food shortages, stark inequality, and a growing fascist government, three perfectly normal young women are about to find out that they share a great deal in common. Their creator, the gifted geneticist Peng, made them that way - before such things were outlawed. Rumors of a virus make their way through an unprotected population on the verge of rebellion, only to have it turn deadly. As the women fight to stay alive and help, Peng races to find a cure - and the cover-up behind the virus.