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On the planet Scythia, plants give birth to insects and trees can drag you to your death. Artificial monsters stalk the desert, and alien basket-men have wandered into town. John Maraintha has been abandoned here, light-years from the peaceful forests that he loves. The desert is...
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From Cameron Reed, the acclaimed author of The Fortunate Fall comes a soaring novel of queer hope and transformation, perfect for readers of Ann Leckie and Amal El-Mohtar.
From Cameron Reed, the acclaimed author of The Fortunate Fall, comes a soaring novel of queer hope and transformation, perfect for readers of Ann Leckie and Amal El-Mohtar.
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On the planet Scythia, plants give birth to insects and trees can drag you to your death. Artificial monsters stalk the desert, and alien basket-men have wandered into town. John Maraintha has been abandoned here, light-years from the peaceful forests that he loves.
The desert is harsh and the people are in thrall to a barbaric custom called marriage. He must find some way to make a life here.
But on Scythia, survival means transformation—and not everyone is willing to change.
What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed explores the challenges and adaptations faced by one man in an alien world.
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ISBN: 9781250364739
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 June 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Tor Books
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Cameron Reed is a science fiction writer and the winner of the 1998 Otherwise Award. Both she and the award had different names in 1998, but as part of a late-in-life gender transition she chose a new one, which is an anagram of "remade crone." She is an avid dragonfly-watcher, a moderately skilled insect photographer, and a hopeless birder. She lives with her found family in an old house full of books and cats.
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