Edenborn

The nerve-shredding rollercoaster sequel to Nick Sagan's acclaimed debut, IDLEWILD.

'One of the best post-apocalyptic novels you will ever read...Edenborn's success lies in its ability to engage you on such a personal level. A sense of desparation and hope, of desolation and re-birth, fires the story along on a wave of uncertainty that makes for a gripping ride...such an exciting and original take...it is breathtaking'

'Second novels are always tricky, particularly when they're part of a sequence, so it is a surprise that Edenborn, Sagan's follow-up to Idlewild, is better written and even more tightly plotted'

'Stunning...the novel contains some of the most poignant and moving scenes I've had the pleasure to read...I'm not going to hold back on this one, I believe that 'Edenborn' is the finest book that I have read this year. Idlewild was impressive but Sagan has beaten it with a work of such depth it positively echoes. It's one of those few books that I literally could not put down...Sagan is an adrenaline shot straight into the heart of SF. Do yourself a favour, don't miss these books'

'Sagan makes it look so easy...as the novel rolls on into its final chapters, it delivers a number of powerful emotional punches that really put the icing on the cake...another excellent character-driven work of literature'

'A genuine page turner...a rollercoaster ride of fusion fiction'

'Elegant SF, dark and haunting, with characters who linger in memory long after the last page is turned'

'Sagan knows how to keep the pages turning'

'A rich fantasia, peopled by painfully real characters. Fit to bursting with flights of speculation that could fuel the careers of many lesser writers'

The son of Carl Sagan and Linda Salzman, Nick Sagan is a graduate of UCLA Film School and has written for Hollywood, creating screenplays and television scripts. Edenborn is his second novel and a sequel to his first, the critcally acclaimed Idlewild, which is also published by Bantam Books. His third novel, Everfree, is now available from Bantam Press. Nick Sagan is married and lives in Ithaca, New York. 
 
Visit his website at www.nicksagan.com

It is 18 years after IDLEWILD and the survivors are now adults. A bitter and disillusioned Halloween has chosen to exile himself but his peers seek to repopulate the Earth and rebuild civilization. They are mankind's last, best and perhaps only hope. However an ideological split has divided them into two very different societies: one looks to resurrect the human race, the other to improve humanity via genetic manipulation. So a new generation of children is born, but as they mature it becomes clear that all is not well. Someone - or something - is moving against them, even as Black Ep, the plague that claimed billions of lives, returns in search of new victims. The survivors must work together, but to save the future Halloween must first let go of the past... 
Thrilling, post-apocalyptic yet written with an arcing sense of wonder, EDENBORN is the next visionary chapter in the Idlewild story by one of speculative fiction's most exciting new voices.

Nick Sagan

Sagan has a ferocious imagination and...obviously has a sense of wonder in his DNA

I don't believe that I've cared so much about a collection of fiction individuals in a very long time...Do yourself a favour, don't miss these books!

A small group of humans has survived the apocalyptic epidemic called Black Ep that ravaged the world. These survivors start to wake others who'd been cryogenically preserved to await a future when the disease might be cured. At first, everyone agrees on the basic principles of this new world - how lucky they are to have survived, how they're all in this together, how they should look out for each other, learn from the past and build a better world... 
But inevitably, as more sleepers are roused, there are some who disagree. People who have knowledge of power are waking up to a new world, and they do not intend to wait politely in line. But as this new utopian starts to fracture, one more surprise lies in wait for the survivors. It comes from a very very long way away indeed - and its impact is such that it will transform the future for everyone in this post-plague, perhaps even post-human, world...

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