Appleseed

Woven together out of the strands of myth, science fiction, and ecological warning, Matt BellsAppleseedis as urgent as it is audacious. Kelly Link, Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestselling author of Get in Trouble

A breathtaking novel of ideas unlike anything youve ever read (Esquire) from Young Lions Fiction Awardfinalist Matt Bell, a breakout book that explores climate change, manifest destiny, humanitys unchecked exploitation of natural resources, and the small but powerful magic contained within every single apple.

In eighteenth-century Ohio, two brothers travel into the wooded frontier, planting apple orchards from which they plan to profit in the years to come. As they remake the wilderness in their own image, planning for a future of settlement and civilization, the long-held bonds and secrets between the two will be tested, fractured, and brokenand possibly healed.

Fifty years from now, in the second half of the twenty-first century, climate change has ravaged the Earth. Having invested early in genetic engineering and food science, one company now owns all the worlds resources. But a growing resistance is working to redistribute both land and powerand in a pivotal moment for the future of humanity, one of the companys original founders will return to headquarters, intending to destroy what he helped build.

A thousand years in the future, North America is covered by a massive sheet of ice. One lonely sentient being inhabits a tech station on top of the glacierand in a daring and seemingly impossible quest, sets out to follow a homing beacon across the continent in the hopes of discovering the last remnant of civilization.

Hugely ambitious in scope and theme,Appleseedis the breakout novel from a writer as self-assured as he is audacious (NPR) who may well have invented the pulse-pounding novel of ideas (Jess Walter). Part speculative epic, part tech thriller, part reinvented fairy tale,Appleseedis an unforgettable meditation on climate change; corporate, civic, and familial responsibility; manifest destiny; and the myths and legends that sustain us all.