

And the answers she seeks today to the salvation of humankind may lie in afar distant future.one which is suddenly much closer than anyone imagines.ĬONDITION: First edition, full number line, 1997. The bearer Dora gets to a murderer-and to the truth-the more seemingly disparate events begin to entwine. Overnight, a city is being transformed into a wild and verdant place.Īnd, strangest of all, Dora can somehow communicate with the rampaging flora.Ī potential civilization-ending catastrophe is in the making. Weeds are becoming trees trees are becoming forests. Meanwhile, strange things are happening everywhere she turns. Police officer Dora Henry is investigating the bizarre murders of three geneticists. NOW NATURE, APPARENTLY, HAS DECIDED TO FIGHT BACK.

THE ONCE FERTILE EARTH OF DORA HENRY'S CHILDHOOD HAS BEEN UNDERVALUED AND OVERDEVELOPED. From the Paperback edition., "Tepper is a wise and compassionate narrator, and when it comes to spinning a yarn that you don't ever want to stop reading, there are few better spinners than she."- The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction "Magnificent.This adult fairly tale entertains and delivers a message in the best tradition of the fantasy classics."- The Denver Post. From the Paperback edition., "Tepper is a wise and compassionate narrator, and when it comes to spinning a yarn that you don't ever want to stop reading, there are few better spinners than she."-The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction "Magnificent.This adult fairly tale entertains and delivers a message in the best tradition of the fantasy classics."-The Denver Post., "Tepper is a wise and compassionate narrator, and when it comes to spinning a yarn that you don't ever want to stop reading, there are few better spinners than she."-The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction "Magnificent.This adult fairly tale entertains and delivers a message in the best tradition of the fantasy classics."-The Denver Post.

"Tepper is a wise and compassionate narrator, and when it comes to spinning a yarn that you don't ever want to stop reading, there are few better spinners than she."- The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction "Magnificent.This adult fairly tale entertains and delivers a message in the best tradition of the fantasy classics."- The Denver Post.
