Seed

An astonishing new novel from the acclaimed and bestsellingauthor of Eggshell Skull and The Work. Mitchell is a brilliant biologist, committed to the environment and the growing global anti-natalist 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 hasbeen keeping big secrets from Frances and from himself. The ice hauntshim with memories of a devastating betrayal and questions of legacy andfairness crowd his mind. If they don't get back to McMurdo Station before the last flight homethey 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 theirperfect social experiment.Thrilling, original and almost unbearably suspenseful,Seed offers an uneasy glimpse into isolation, love and our worst fears.