‘Up there with the best of Le Guin in terms of beautiful engrossing brilliantly imagined sci-fi’VULTURE‘SEMIOSIS combines the world-building of Avatar with the alien wonder of Arrival and the sheer humanity of Atwood. An essential work for our time’STEPHEN BAXTERNOMINATED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARDEscaping conflict on Earth an idealistic group of settlers arrive on a distant planet - Pax - with plans for a perfect society.The world they discover is rich with life but this is not the Eden they were hoping for. The plants on Pax are smart - smart enough to domesticate and even slaughter its many extraordinary animals.To survive the colonists realize that they must strike bargains of their own. But if they are to make Pax their home they must go further searching for a way to communicate and coexist with these utterly alien intelligences.Burke's SEMIOSIS is a hard-hitting exploration of the human spirit set against the backdrop of a distant genetically rich planet. The settlers journey from idealistic explorers to pragmatic survivors is a thrilling adventure that will captivate any science fiction enthusiast.For fans of Tade Thompson (Five Stories High) Andy Weir (Artemis) Megan E. O'Keefe (Break the Chains) M. R. Carey (Someone Like Me) and Arkady Martine (An Alphabet of Embers).
