Synthetic Eden
About this ebook
Samara believes she can save them with gene therapy, reengineering human DNA to live in harmony with the alien fungus. But psychologist Dr. Ayesha Basu sees only the shadow of her family’s past, genetic “enhancements” that led to madness, and vows to stop Samara at any cost.
Defying the colony’s laws, Samara risks everything to secretly engineer her own child. Her daughter, Phoebe, should be a miracle. Instead, she becomes a spark for paranoia and revolt. When the ruins of DaVinci’s first settlement reveal a mass grave of genetically altered children, fear turns to fury, and the colony fractures into zealots and outcasts.
As Samara fights to protect Phoebe from those who would destroy her, a darker truth emerges: the first settlers aren’t entirely gone. Something twisted survived in the forests beyond the colony, watching…and waiting.
Now Samara must navigate betrayal, fanaticism, and an alien threat older than humanity’s second chance. If she fails, Phoebe won’t just be the last child of DaVinci; she’ll be the last child of mankind.
Neal Stephenson’s Seveneves meets Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary—with a haunting edge of Raised by Wolves.
About the author
Sean Platt has always been an entrepreneur but knew he’d rather tell stories. When his wife bought him a laptop for his birthday in 2007, he dropped everything to start writing fiction.
Since making the leap, Sean has written hundreds of novels (including the international best-sellers Yesterday’s Gone and Invasion), penned dozens of scripts, and founded the IP Incubator Sterling & Stone, where more than thirty storytellers work together to create world-changing IP. Sterling & Stone’s stable of writers come to Sean for ideas, mentorship, and “better words.”
Originally from Long Beach, California, Sean now lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and dog, Fisher.
