Seed Trilogy

Ship hurtles through space. Deep within its core it carries the seed of humankind. Launched by the people of a dying Earth over a century ago, its mission is to find a habitable world for the children-fifteen-year-old Zoheret and her shipmates-whom it has created from its genetic banks. To Zoheret and her shipmates, Ship has been mother, father, and loving teacher, preparing them for their biggest challenge: to survive on their own, on an uninhabited planet, without Ship's protection. Now that day is almost upon them, but are they ready? Ship devises a test, and suddenly instincts that have been latent for over a hundred years take over. Zoheret watches as friends become strangers-and enemies. Can Zoheret and her companions overcome the biggest obstacle to the survival of the human race-themselves? Title Info. Dedication. Pt I. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Pt II Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Chapter 12. Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15. Chapter 16. Chapter 17. Chapter 18. Chapter 19. Chapter 20. Pt III. Chapter 21 Chapter 22. "This fascinating novel is very reminiscent of the better Heinlein juveniles…A very impressive novel…Should not be overlooked." "It is understandable why this book is getting attention again, almost 30 years since it was written: it's another YA book that is similar to The Hunger Games…Sargent does a wonderful job of making the story engaging with some surprising twists and turns along the way…Amy Rubinate's narration was superb…I could always distinguish the voices of the characters, whether it was two females, two males, or a male and a female talking, and at no point did I feel like it was overdramatized." "A melding of the psychological and the high adventure story, this gripping, emotion-evoking narrative is the first young-adult novel by the author of Watchstar and other adult science fiction." "The story is thought provoking and full of odd surprises."

Centuries ago, the people of Earth sent Ship into space. Deep within its core, it carried the seed of humankind. More than twenty years have passed since Ship left its children, the seed of humanity, on an uninhabited, earthlike planet-a planet they named Home. Zoheret and her companions started settlements and had children of their own. But, as onboard Ship, there was conflict, and soon after their arrival, Zoheret's old nemesis, Ho, left the original settlement to establish his own settlement far away. When Ho's daughter, sixteen-year-old Nuy, spies three strangers headed toward their settlement, the hostility between the two groups of old shipmates begins anew and threatens to engulf the children of both settlements. Can the divided settlers face the challenges of adapting to their new environment in spite of their conflicts? And if they do, will they lose their humanity in the process? "Readers will enjoy the tension and interplay throughout this survival story with a science fiction twist." "The interpersonal dynamics, plus the challenges of adapting to another world, give this long-awaited second book in the Seed Trilogy strong appeal." "Sargent, who has won both the Nebula and Locus awards, is a significant figure in modern science fiction, and this novel is a fine example of her work." "This fascinating novel is very reminiscent of the better Heinlein juveniles (particularly Tunnel in the Sky)…A very impressive novel…Should not be overlooked." "Readers of Earthseed will welcome this sequel."

An adventure in colonization and conflict from acclaimed science fiction writer Pamela Sargent Several hundred years ago, Ship, a sentient starship, settled humans on the planet Home before leaving to colonize other worlds, promising to return one day. Over time, the colony on Home divided into those who live in the original domed buildings of the colony, who maintain the library and technology of Ship, and those who live by the river, farming and hunting to survive. The dome dwellers consider themselves the protectors of "true humanity" and the river people "contaminated," and the two sides interact solely through ritualized trade: food and goods from the river people in exchange for repairs and recharges by the dome dwellers. Then a new light appears in the night sky. The river people believe it might be Ship, keeping its promise to return, but the dome dwellers, who have a radio to communicate with Ship, are silent. So Bian, a teenaged girl from a small village, travels upriver to learn what they know. As she travels through the colony of Home, gaining companions and gathering news, Bian ponders why the dome dwellers have said nothing. Has Ship commanded them to be silent, in preparation for some judgment on the river people? Or are the dome dwellers lying to Ship, turning Ship against their rivals? Whatever the answer, life is about to change radically on both sides of the divide. Title Info. Dedication. Pt I. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Chapter 12. Chapter 13. Chapter 14. Pt II. Chapter 15. Chapter 16. Chapter 17. Chapter 18. Chapter 19. Chapter 20. Chapter 21. Chapter 22. Chapter 23. Chapter 24. Pt III. Chapter 25. Chapter 26. "With prose as spare as the unadorned clothes and tools of her characters, Sargent digs down to the raw emotional roots below the contentment of a materially satisfied life." "Seed Seeker is the third, and final, volume in Pamela Sargent's Seed Trilogy. Overall, I'd have to say that it has been a good and worthwhile trilogy of sci-fi books…Amy Rubinate, who narrated all three audiobooks in the series, finished the job just as strongly as she began it. She reads very well, with good pacing and intonation. Also, her character voices are pretty good. Throughout the series I have especially appreciated Rubinate's ability to convincingly perform male voices. She lowers her voice enough so that it actually sounds like a man or boy speaking. I don't think many female narrators could pull that off." "Sargent, without fanfare or hoopla, has become a strikingly able and unusual storyteller…Her real forte is characterization, an ability to dissect and lay open the fears, passions, and yearning of the intensely human people who invariably inhabit her books." "Pamela Sargent is one of the leaders in a new generation of SF novelists…I find her irresistible."