{"product_id":"recursion-germinal-book-2-9781849356169","title":"Recursion: Germinal, Book 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis sequel to \u003ci\u003eInversion\u003c\/i\u003e forces a pacifist society in a pastoral, isolated universe to wrestle with the cost of self-defense.\u003c\/b\u003eThe people of Germinal live on a\u003cbr\u003etiny, verdant planet where evolution has traced a\u003cbr\u003eslightly different path. For centuries, they have peacefully coexisted amid an ecosystem\u003cbr\u003ewhere an advancing wall of fire consumes all in its path, a perpetual cycle\u003cbr\u003eof destruction and renewal. That is, until everything they knew of their history\u003cbr\u003ewas violently upended by the arrival of colonizers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMonths after the events in \u003ci\u003eInversion\u003c\/i\u003e, the people of Germinal are rebuilding, reckoning with the\u003cbr\u003ebrutality of the invasion, and striving to absorb newcomers. But young Char, earning a reputation\u003cbr\u003eamong her people as a capable new conciliator, wrestles with the trauma of\u003cbr\u003ethose events and tries to rally her community to defend themselves against\u003cbr\u003efuture attack. Her friend Graft, formerly an aide-de-camp of the invading forces, \u003cbr\u003eis adrift. Though finally safe, he has nothing left but the stories of his lost\u003cbr\u003ehome and grows increasingly haunted by visions of the past--including of the mysterious creation of Germinal. But calm in their changed world is short lived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pair of warriors arrive from a\u003cbr\u003emilitant culture on the far side of the flamewall, violating a great taboo that\u003cbr\u003eforbids one side from meeting another. They insist on being brought to the survivors, to deal with as they see fit. As the situation escalates, Char\u003cbr\u003eand Graft struggle to do what is right. To keep each other safe. And to ready\u003cbr\u003ethemselves for what they both know is true: The invaders will try again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAric McBay's Germinal trilogy is the spiritual successor to Ursula Le Guin and Kim Stanley Robinson, posing large moral questions of justice inside a lush, wholly unexpected world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849356169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200","brand":"Aric McBay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435588022453,"sku":"9781849356169","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5e3c1de4-6779-4da8-8ee9-750df23cc7dc.jpg?v=1776227337","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/recursion-germinal-book-2-9781849356169","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}