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title: "Seed"
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# Seed

**Brand:** rob ziegler
**Price:** € 65.92
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Seed by rob ziegler
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## Description

About the Author
        	
        	
        		
        			Rob Ziegler lives with his wife in rural western Colorado. Seed is his first novel, and he is currently hard at work on his second.

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## Customer Reviews

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    Gloomy Biopunk; Simple but Satisfying
  

*by R***W on 15 July 2013*









  
  
    Seed is a book that does exactly what it says on the tin, and no more. Short, straightforward and crisply-written, Rob Ziegler does not add many new ideas to the biopunk genre but delivers a solid pulp thriller. It deals with the intertwined tales of Brood, a destitute orphan, Doss, a government agent, and Sumedha, one of the post-human 'Designers' responsible for genetically modifying crops to survive in Seed's exceedingly bleak post-apocalyptic world. Set in the new dustbowl of an American southwest ravaged by climate change and resource depletion, each of Seed's central trio of characters are - in their own ways - fighting to survive.Brood is perhaps the most sympathetic character, one of millions of migrants ranging the wilderness in search of briefly stable micro-climates in which to raise crops. Doss, too, is well-written; an ageing veteran of numerous government ops, traumatised but driven to succeed, knowing that the moment she looses her usefulness to the corrupt regime in 'New DC' she will be out on her ear. Doss' chapters always entertain and do the most to drive the plot forwards; she also gets to play with the few high-tech toys remaining in Seed's apocalyptic world. Sumedha, by contrast, features rather too much post-human weirdness to be of much interest. He develops into a decent villain, but his early chapters are amongst Seed's least interesting. That said, all three principle characters get decent arcs, whilst adding their own flavour to the unfolding tale.Running through Seed is a pitch-black thread of quiet despair. Brood lives hand-to-mouth, only ever having known a post-collapse world, only once does he express telling surprise at the fact that he needs to plan beyond the next meal. Doss, by contrast, has an understated nostalgia for the former glories of the USA which underpins her contempt for New DC's apathetic elite, and later a bloody quest for revenge. Her encounters with an incompetent general and his battalion of child soldiers are amongst Seed's most haunting. There are some good reflections on loss and hopelessness tucked in between the book's generally action-packed passages. Such gloomy themes, however, make the reader long for a more uplifting conclusion than Seed's ambivalent coda.Implicit in the book's misery is an indictment of the present day's myopic attitude to climate change. Fortunately Ziegler has the restraint not to have his characters harp on about the failings of their predecessors. Insofar as Seed has a message, it is as a cautionary tale. But have no illusions; Ziegler's debut is a punchy thriller, but has no Big Ideas to help it stand out in an increasingly crowded genre. Its plot and characters are perhaps a little too straightforward to be truly memorable. Ultimately Seed is an enjoyable book, but an inessential one.
  


### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Daring and original
  

*by B***S on 27 August 2012*









  
  
    SEED is a book that takes a bit of time getting in to. The author has crafted a dark post-apocalyptic world where genetically manipulated foodstuffs - seed - is the most coveted of substance, and where government is subservient to massive corporations who control the creation of these superfoods.The technology in SEED is not explained in detail early on, which means a reader is left guessing as to the exact nature of a specific technology - or even people created through such technology - but as you read on things become clearer and the novel turns from slightly frustrating to greatly rewarding. The book rewards those who stick with it, and its ending is epically magnificent and satisfying.Those who like their hard sci-fi with liberal sprinklings of grit, violence, and gloom will definitely enjoy SEED.
  


### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Loved it.
  

*by L***A on 3 September 2012*









  
  
    A great book, I couldn't put it down. Interesting ideas, good characters and absorbing action. I didn't find it hard to follow, but did find myself getting pulled deeper and deeper into the world.
  


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