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The Seed Keeper's Song
Kristina Frost
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Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
In a world choked by ash, where skeletal cities pierce a desolate sky, hope lies buried beneath the dust, waiting to be unearthed. Nyssa Morraine, a young archivist haunted by fragmented memories of a vibrant past, discovers a hidden sanctuary – a network of cryogenic seed vaults holding the genetic blueprints of a lost world. This discovery ignites a fire within her, a desperate yearning to share the seeds and rekindle life in the blighted landscape.
Her journey leads her to Sarah Chen, a pragmatic engineer leading a struggling community beneath a rusted highway overpass. Nyssa’s gift of drought-resistant seeds sparks a flicker of hope, but this fragile flame is threatened by Elias Tovik, a charismatic leader who sees the seeds as a currency of power. Elias, hardened by survival, believes ruthless pragmatism is the only path forward, his ambition fueled by Joseph Rowland, a guilt-ridden botanist seeking redemption through control.
Nyssa’s quest for rebirth takes her to the red rock canyons, where she finds Gita Pal, a healer whose wisdom is rooted in the earth’s rhythms. Gita recognizes the seeds as medicine for the soul, but carries a heavy secret from before the Collapse – a secret that could unravel the very hope Nyssa offers. Together, they establish a network of “seed sanctuaries,” pockets of hope scattered across the ravaged land, their vision rooted in radical kindness and shared resources.
But their fragile utopia is constantly threatened. Jennifer Nelson, a ruthless raider queen, sees Nyssa's seed banks as a reckless gamble, a dangerous echo of the pre-Collapse bio-catastrophe. And Rowland, whispering poison in Elias’s ear, fans the flames of conflict, framing Nyssa’s vision as a dangerous ideology.
In a desolate valley, once vibrant and fertile, a clash of ideologies erupts – the ruthless pragmatism of survival versus the fragile hope of regeneration. Nyssa, Elias, Gita, and Nelson are caught in a complex dance, forced to confront their pasts and the devastating consequences of good intentions gone wrong.
Amidst the dust and despair, the seeds begin to sprout, a symphony of green against the grey. Will the seed keepers' song, a melody of hope and resilience, rise above the ashes, or will the ghosts of the past extinguish the fragile flame of a world reborn?
Kundenbewertungen
Seed saving, Post apocalyptic fiction, Dystopian survival, Environmental collapse, Hopepunk, Found family, Female protagonist