Earthly Bodies

"A hugely impressive debut novel, Earthly Bodies is equal parts 'leaving Terra' science fiction in the vein of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, and the nature as a superior force warning of John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids."

Chris Whitty, book dealer and owner of BookFolk, Buxton

It is 2058. Rebecca, a widow, receives an invitation to leave Earth and start over, but nature has evolved and is tagging along for the ride.

Earthly Bodies is a dystopian eco-horror story that spans the ages, where strangers reveal their contribution to an extraordinary act of survival.

Harmony with Nature is everyone's wish. It's time to be careful what you wish for.

For readers of speculative fiction and feminist horror.

• The visionary scope of The Overstory.
• The nature as character themes of Annihilation.
• The body horror of Naomi Booth’s Sealed.
• A structure similar to Station Eleven.

 

"A brilliant, bold debut novel. This was a slow builder, but Susan's ability to use sparse, effective prose to paint a rich, textured world with lively characters meant this is a good thing. With shades of Ridley Scott's Alien, it swerved pastiche and employed the scarcity that made the film a sci-fi/horror classic, then took things to a darker place, giving us a glimpse of the world we are wrecking at an alarming rate."

Ben Tallon, Author and Artist