Second Genesis

Science Fiction & Fantasy

By Janet Maile

Publisher : World Castle Publishing

Second Genesis

ABOUT Janet Maile

Janet Maile

Description

Gerald is frozen in the 20th century and wakes 2,000 years later, to find himself a prisoner in a strange and violent world.  He escapes, only to find that the outside world is a far more horrific place than he could ever have imagined.  He must find a way to work with the strange and distant Hagan, to save the world from the worst environmental disaster the planet has ever known.

I started writing it in the 1980s and it has taken me 30 years to complete. I was inspired at the time by all the publicity surrounding cryonics - the freezing of dead bodies in the hope that at some future time they could be brought back to life and cured of their diseases. At that time, the Nordic Seed Bank began collecting and freezing seeds too. What would happen to all these frozen bodies when they were woken up at some future time, I wondered?

An enjoyable and easy read which certainly to me thinking.  Steven Thomas

 

Well written.  Good pace.  Good story.  Shirley Buckner