FireSeed One

Catherine Stine. Konjur Road (www.createspace.com), $11.10 paper (296p) ISBN 978-0-9848282-0-3
Set in 2089, Stine's latest adventure describes a globally overcooked and devastated Earth divided into three sociopolitical regions: the Hotzone, where burn-scarred workers struggle to survive in 160 degree temperatures; Land Dominion, where realtor Melvyn Baron builds an empire by exploiting the Hotzone and its people; and Ocean Dominion, where newly orphaned teen hero Varik Teitur runs a vast sea farm. But when Marisa Baron—the idealistic, rebellious teenage daughter of Melvyn—and her activist friends break into Varik's farm, his crops are poisoned and humanity's food supply is imperiled. Cardboard characters Varik and Marisa embark on a predictable quest to find FireSeed, exotic plant life that can rebuild their world. In a fictional world creakily created to allow Stine to present her politics, Varik's predictable coming-of-age story and general hypersensitivity undermine this would-be thriller.
Reviewed on: 07/09/2012
Release date: 12/01/2011
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